 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 374 pages
...One of the first symptoms they discover of a selfish and mischievous ambition, is a profligate regard of a dignity which they partake with others. To be...proceed towards a love to our country and to mankind. — Burhe. DCCCCLXIII. An old courtier, with veracity, good sense, and a faithful memory, is an inestimable... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1857 - 904 pages
...of his party. " To love the subdivision, the little platoon we belong to in society'' (says Burke) is the first principle — the germ, as it were of...towards a love to our country and to mankind " The act of associating implies concession and compromise of individual preferences, and an agreement to... | |
 | Thomas Hare - Elections - 1859 - 412 pages
...rooted in historical causes, and deserve the respect, rather than the contempt, of the legislator. " To be attached to the sub-division, — to love the...proceed towards a love to our country and to mankind." " We begin our public affections in our families. No cold relation is a zealous citizen. We pass on... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1860 - 644 pages
...first principle . (the germ as it were) of puhlic affections. It is the first link in the series hy which we proceed towards a love to our country and...the hands of all those who compose it; and as none hut had men would justify it in ahuse, none hut traitors would harter it away for their own personal... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1865 - 586 pages
...of quality, in proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride and arrogance, generally despiso their own order. One of the first symptoms they discover...of public affections. It is the first link in the scries by which we proceed towards a love to our country and to mankind. Tho interest of that portion... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - Virginia - 1869 - 46 pages
...county, of parish, of neighborhood, of family. "To be attached to the subdivision," says Edmund Burke, "to love the little platoon we belong to in society,...proceed towards a love to our country and to mankind." I do not propose to consider whether the principle laid down by the orator-philosopher of England be... | |
 | Thomas Hare - Elections - 1873 - 440 pages
...rooted in historical causes, and deserve the respect, rather than the contempt, of the legislator. " To be attached to the sub-division, — to love the...proceed towards a love to our country and to mankind." " We begin our public affections in our families. No cold relation is a zealous citizen. We pass on... | |
 | William Tegg - 1876 - 146 pages
...One of the first symptoms they discover of a selfish and mischievous ambition, is a profligate regard of a dignity which they partake with others. To be...proceed towards a love to our country and to mankind. — Burke. .OYERS. JL. And do not the everlasting stars, beaming tenderly, climb on high ? Are we not... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - England - 1876 - 494 pages
...together in the constituent elements of society is a fatal error. ' To be attached to the subdivisions, to love the little platoon we belong to in society,...principle (the germ as it were) of public affections.' 2 As the revolutionists would merge these ' platoons ' into an inorganic mass, they would cut off the... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - England - 1876 - 496 pages
...together in the constituent elements of society is a fatal error. ' To be attached to the subdivisions, to love the little platoon we belong to in society,...the first principle (the germ as it were) of public affections.'2 As the revolutionists would merge these ' platoons ' into an inorganic mass, they would... | |
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Turbulent, discontented men of quality, "in proportion as they are puffed up with personal pride and arrogance, generally despise their own order. One of the first symptoms they discover of a selfish and mischievous ambition, is a profligate disregard... 
