 I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to human actions, and human concerns, on a simple view of the object as it stands stripped of every relation, in all the nakedness and solitude of metaphysical abstraction.  The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke - Page 53by Hugh A. Garland - 1850 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1790 - 536 pages
...envy liberty as little as they do, to any other nation. But I cannot ftand forward, and give praife or blame to any thing which relates to human actions, and human concerns, on a fimple view of the object, as it ftands Itripped of every relation, in all the nakednefs and folitude... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...and power would soon be confounded, and no law be left but the will of a prevailing force. * * * * I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to...metaphysical abstraction. Circumstances (which with some gentlemen pass for nothing) give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing colour,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 228 pages
...and power would soon be confounded, and no law be left but the will of a prevailing force. * * * * I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to...metaphysical abstraction. Circumstances (which with some gentlemen pass for nothing) give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing colour,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pages
...course of my public conduct. I think I envy liberty as little as they do, 1o any other nation. But I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to...metaphysical abstraction. Circumstances (which with some gentlemen pass for nothing) give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing colour,... | |
 | Edmond Burke - 1815 - 240 pages
...and power would soon be confounded, and no law be left but the will of a prevailing force. * * * * I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to...metaphysical abstraction. Circumstances (which with some gentlemen pass for nothing) give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing colour,... | |
 | Thomas Skinner Surr - 1815 - 478 pages
...the whole course of my public conduct. But I cannot stand forward to express my joy or sorrow, or to give praise or blame to any thing which relates to...nakedness and solitude of metaphysical abstraction. Abstractedly speaking, government, as well as liberty, is good. When I see the spirit of liberty in... | |
 | Thomas Skinner Surr - 1815 - 284 pages
...conduct. But I cannot stand forward to express my joy or sorrow, or to give praise or blame to anything which relates to human actions, and human concerns,...nakedness and solitude of metaphysical abstraction. Abstractedly speaking, govern* ment, as well as liberty, is good. When I see the spirit of liberty... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1815 - 464 pages
...course of my publick conduct. I think I envy liberty as little as they do, to any other nation. But I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to any thing which relates to B 2 human human actions, and humau concerns, on a simple view of the object, as it stands stripped... | |
 | 1821 - 362 pages
...course of my public conduct. I think I envy liberty as little as they do, to any other nation : but I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to...stripped of every relation, in all the nakedness and solitnde of metaphysical abstraction. Circumstances (which with some gentlemen pass for nothing) give... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 740 pages
...course of my publick conduct. I think I envy liberty as little as they do, to any other nation. But I cannot stand forward, and give praise or blame to...metaphysical abstraction. Circumstances (which with some gentlemen pass for nothing) give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing colour... | |
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