 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...  Presbyterian Magazine - Page 1511906Full view - About this book
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 lehte
...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 the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud, and... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 lehte
...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, they ai'e many in number ; or that,... | |
 | 1840 - 606 lehte
...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...thousands of great cattle chew the cud and are silent, let no man imagine that those who make the noise are the chief inhabitants of the field, that they... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 lehte
...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 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1815 - 464 lehte
...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 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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 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... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1818 - 1164 lehte
...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 the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattli5, reposed beneath the shadows of the British oak, chew their cud and... | |
 | Ferris Pell - 1819 - 202 lehte
...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,...make the field ring with " their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great " cattle repose in the shade and are silent, pray do not " imagine, that... | |
 | 1821 - 362 lehte
...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 the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cnd and are... | |
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