 Theirs was a necessity, real or fancied, but a consistent system ; we pretend no necessity ; we have voluntarily abdicated the means of safety, and we wilfully and uselessly continue the causes of danger. The time to have paused was before we heaved from...  The Metropolitan - Page 461841Full view - About this book
 | 1867 - 636 pages
...station which superinduced that code. Theirs was a necessity, real or fancied, but a consistent system ; we have voluntarily abdicated the means of safety,...The time to have paused was before we heaved from these sons of earth the mountains which the wisdom or the terrors of our ancestors had heaped upon... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 680 pages
...exclusion, from civil station, which superinduced that code. Theirs was a necessity, real or fancied, but a consistent system ; we pretend no necessity...safety, and we wilfully and uselessly continue the cause* of danger. The time to have paused was before we .heaved, from those sons o£ earth, the mountains,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 696 pages
...Theirs was a necessity, real or fancied, but a consistent system ; we pretend no necessity ; we bave voluntarily abdicated the means of safety, and we wilfully and uselessly continue the cause» of danger. The time to have paused was before we heaved, from those sons of earth, the mountains,... | |
 | Europe - 1815 - 772 pages
...exclusion, from civil station, which superinduced that code. Their's was a necessity, real or fancied, but a consistent system ; we pretend no necessity...sons of earth, the mountains, which the wisdom or the terrors of our ancestors had heaped upon them ; but G t consciences and the public safety, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1815 - 770 pages
...exclusion, from civil station, which superinduced that code. Their's was a necessity, real or fancied, but a consistent system ; we pretend no necessity...sons of earth, the mountains, which the wisdom or the terrors of our ancestor« had heaped upon them ; but Q t we have raised them up and placed them... | |
 | Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...superinduced that code. — Theirs was a necessity, real or fancied, but a consistent system ; \\ e pretend no necessity ; we have voluntarily abdicated...sons of earth, the mountains, which the wisdom or the terrors of our ancestors had heaped upon them ; but we have raised them up and placed them erect... | |
 | 1841 - 664 pages
...necessity, but a consistent system ; we pretend no necessity, and we have voluntarily abdicated the meansof safety, and we wilfully and uselessly continue the...raised them up, and placed them erect; are we prepared lo hurl them down and -bury them again V The instances in the British senate are very rare where eloquence... | |
 | Daniel Owen Madden - Ireland - 1844 - 358 pages
...Roman Catholic, they adopted as a necessary consequence the policy of impoverishing and barbarising him. That policy was consistent — the means had...before we heaved from those sons of earth the mountains icthich the wisdom, or terror of our ancestors had heaped upon them, but we have raised them up, and... | |
 | William Conyngham Plunket Baron Plunket - Ireland - 1862 - 492 pages
...exclusion, from civil station, which superinduced that code. Theirs was a necessity, real or fancied, but a consistent system ; we pretend no necessity...those sons of earth, the mountains which the wisdom or the teiTors of our ancestors had heaped upon them ; but we have raised them up and placed them erect... | |
 | William Conyngham Plunket Baron Plunket - Ireland - 1867 - 494 pages
...exclusion, from civil station, which superinduced that code. Theirs was a necessity, real or fancied, but a consistent system ; we pretend no necessity...safety, and we wilfully and uselessly continue the canses of danger.. The time to have pansed, was before we heaved '••mi those sons of earth, the... | |
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