 | Dugald Stewart - 1813 - 564 σελίδες
...but when the high reads are-bro. ** ken up, and the waters out, when a new and *' troubled fcene ii opened, and the file affords no " precedent, then...that a greater knowledge of " mankind, and a far more extenfive comprehenfion *' of things, is requifite, than ever office gave, or than " office can ever... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1813 - 520 σελίδες
...conducted. " Thefe forms are adapted to ordinary occafions ; " and, therefore, perfons who are nurtured in office^ *' do admirably well, as long as things go...in their " common order ; but when the high roads arebro" ken up, and the waters out, when a new and " troubled fcene is opened, and the file affords... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 528 σελίδες
...conducted. These forms are adapted to " ordinary occasions ; and, therefore, persons who are nur" tured in office, do admirably well, as long as things go on...things, is requisite, than ever office " gave, or than office can ever give." Nor is it in new combinations of circumstances alone, that general principles... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1816 - 540 σελίδες
...These forms are adapted to ordinary occasions; and therefore persons who are nurtured in office, di> admirably well, as long as things go on in their common...comprehension of things is requisite than ever office gave, or than office can ever give. Mr. GrenvUle1 thought better of the wisdom and power of human legislation... | |
 | James Ebenezer Bicheno - 1819 - 314 σελίδες
...expressed himself with a different application, " the high roads are broken up, and the waters are out, when a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent." I will give them credit, moreover, of believing they foresee, that, if they embark upon the billows... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 σελίδες
...forms are adapted to ordinary occasions, fend' therefore persons who are nurtured in office d& ndmiraHy well as long as things go on in their common order...when the high roads . are broken up, and the waters are out, ,•#/(&& a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent, then it is... | |
 | 1827 - 496 σελίδες
...art, and expand at once to the full proportions of a statesman and legislator? In such an emergency, "when the high roads are broken up, and the waters...scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent," must not the " attorneys," Adams and Jefferson, be overwhelmed in the stormy elements, which, like... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 σελίδες
...These forms are well adapted to- coaduct ordinary business ; and therefore persons who are nurtured in office do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order. When the high roads are broken up, and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene is opened, and... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 σελίδες
...forms are well adapted to con201 duct ordinary business ; and therefore persons wlio are nurtured in office do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order. When the high roads are broken up, and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene is opened, and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1766 - 458 σελίδες
...conducted. These forms are adapted to ordinary occasions ; and therefore persons who are nurtured in office, do admirably well, as long as things go on...of mankind, and a far more extensive comprehension oi things is requisite than ever office gave, or than office can ever give. I\/r. Grenville thought... | |
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... are rarely minds of remarkable enlargement. Their habits of office are apt to give them a turn to think the substance of business not to be much more important than the forms in which it is conducted. These forms are adapted to ordinary occasions... 
