 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 Cambrian - Page 1151892Full view - About this book
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...of their abilities is a mark of general acquiescence in their opinions. No such thing, I assure you. Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make...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... | |
 | 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, and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make tke noise are the ONLY INHABITANTS of the field ; that, of course,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1807 - 512 pages
...mark of acquiescence in their opinions. No such thing, I assure you. Because half a dozen grashoppers 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... | |
 | 1840 - 606 pages
...former day, whom Burke has embalmed in the fragrant spices of his ridicule : — " Because half-a-dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle chew the cud and are silent, let no man imagine that those who make... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pages
...their abilities is a mark of general acquiescence in their opinions. No such thing, I assure you. — Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern, make...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... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 602 pages
...before him, many are quietly passing to heaven without any such clamour. As a great writer remarks, " Because half a dozen' 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... | |
 | Robert Adam - 1818 - 520 pages
...who boast of their numbers or abilities, be reminded, in the language of the inimitable Burke : — " Because half a dozen grasshoppers, under a fern, make...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... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1818 - 1164 pages
...negations of Unitarianism. On this point, a sentence from Burke will commend itself to our readers. " Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern, make...their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattli5, reposed beneath the shadows of the British oak, chew their cud and are silent, pray do not... | |
 | Ferris Pell - 1819 - 202 pages
...neglect of their " abilities is a mark of acquiescence in their opinions. " No such thing, I assure you. Because half a dozen " grasshoppers under a fern,...importunate chink, whilst thousands of great " cattle repose in the shade and are silent, pray do not " imagine, that those who make the noise, are the only... | |
 | Timothy Touchstone (pseud.) - 1820 - 82 pages
...kindred spirits, may find their way into the North, deceive vou. " Because half a dozen grasshop" pers under a fern, make the field ring " with their importunate...chink, whilst " thousands of great cattle, reposing be" neath the shadow of the British oak, ." chew the cud, and are silent, pray do " not imagine that... | |
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