 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 Southern literary messenger - Page 2761849Full view - About this book
 | 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 - 488 pages
...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,...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 - 1815 - 464 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 602 pages
...grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring \vith their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those that make the noise, are ' the only inhabitants of the field.' " But 1 must remark, that nothing has... | |
 | 1821 - 362 pages
...chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cnd and are silent, pray do not imagine, that those who...the only inhabitants of the field ; that of course there are many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little shrivelled, meagre, hopping,... | |
 | 1835 - 1024 pages
...under a fern make the field ring by their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle repose beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud, and are silent, that they who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field ; that they are many in number ;... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1824 - 160 pages
...grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those, who make tie noise, are ' the only inhabitants of the field.' " But I must remark, that nothing has been more... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - 1824 - 738 pages
...grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those that make the noise are ' the only inhabitants of the field.'" But I must remark, that nothing has... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1825 - 476 pages
...grasshoppers under a fern make a field ring with their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those that make the noise, are 'the only inhabitants of the field.' " But I must remark, that nothing has... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1827 - 156 pages
...grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that...noise, are ** the only inhabitants of the field." * But I must remark, that nothing has been more profitable to myself in considering Mr. Newton's life,... | |
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