 Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the...  The Quarterly Christian Spectator - Page 4281833Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1790 - 380 pages
...do not imagine, that thofe who make the noife are the only inhabitants of the field; that of courfe, they are many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little fhrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublefomc infects of the hour. I almoft venture to affirm,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1790 - 370 pages
...do not imagine, that thofe who make the noife are the only inhabitants of the field; that of courte, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the little fhrivdled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublefome infcds of the hour. ?:. 1 almoft venture to... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 636 pages
...not imagine, that thofe who make the noife are the only inhabitants of the field ; that of courfe, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the Httle fhrivelled, meagre, hopping, tliough loud and troublefome infects of the hour. I almoft venture... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud, and are silent, pray do "not imagine that those...after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome insects of the hour/ * The description of the exulting... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pages
...importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud, and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make tke noise are the ONLY INHABITANTS of the field ; that, of course, they ai'e many in number ; or that,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 458 pages
...not imagine that thofe who make • the noife are the only inhabitants of the field; that of courfe, they are many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little fhrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublefom'e ' infects of the hour. I almoft venture to... | |
 | 1840 - 606 pages
...man imagine that those who make the noise are the chief inhabitants of the field, that they are even many in number, or that, after all, they are other than the little shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour." The puny efforts of these famishing... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pages
...importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine, that those...after all, they are other than the little shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour. 1 almost venture to affirm, that... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1815 - 464 pages
...importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise arc the only inhahitants of the field; that of course, they are many in number; or that, after all,... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1818 - 1164 pages
...under a fern, make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattli5, reposed beneath the shadows of the British oak, chew...hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour." If Mr. Norton wishes to find one of the earliest notices of his own sect in " any department... | |
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