 ... that, on the father's decease, the property of a nation, like that of a drove of oxen, descends to his infant son, as yet unknown to mankind and to himself, and that the bravest warriors and the wisest statesmen, relinquishing their natural right...  The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Page 162edited by - 1792Full view - About this book
 | P. F. Merlet - 1858 - 188 pages
...royal cradle vtith bended knees3 and protestations 'of inviolable fidelity? Satire and declamation may4 paint these obvious topics in the most dazzling colours, but our more serious thoughts will respect a useful prejudice that establishes a rule of succession independent of the passions of mankind, and... | |
 | George Jacob Holyoake - Debates and debating - 1863 - 254 pages
...wisest statesmen, relinquishing their natural right to empire, approach the royal cradle with bended knees and protestations of inviolable fidelity! Satire...may paint these obvious topics in the most dazzling colors, but our • serious thoughts will respect a useful prejudice that establishes a rule of succession... | |
 | Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney - English language - 1893 - 280 pages
...wisest statesmen, relinquishing their natural right to empire, approach the royal cradle with bended knees and protestations of inviolable fidelity? Satire...may paint these obvious topics in the most dazzling colors, but our more serious thoughts will respect a useful prejudice, that establishes a rule of succession,... | |
 | George Jacob Holyoake - Debates and debating - 1895 - 294 pages
...wisest statesmen, relinquishing their natural right to empire, approach the royal cradle with bended knees and protestations of inviolable fidelity ? Satire...obvious topics in the most dazzling colours, but our serious thoughts will respect a useful prejudice that establishes a rule of succession independent... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 600 pages
...wisest statesmen, relinquishing their natural right to empire, approach the royal cradle with bended knees and protestations of inviolable fidelity? Satire...may paint these obvious topics in the most dazzling colors ; but our more serious thoughts will respect a useful prejudice that establishes a rule of succession... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1906 - 480 pages
...wisest statesmen, relinquishing their natural right to empire, approach the royal cradle with bended knees and protestations of inviolable fidelity ? Satire...colours, but our more serious thoughts will respect a useful prejudice, that establishes a rule of succession, independent of the passions of mankind ;... | |
 | Herbert Charles O'Neill - English language - 1919 - 480 pages
...wisest statesmen, relinquishing their natural rights to empire, approach the royal cradle with bended knees and protestations of inviolable fidelity ? Satire and declamation may paint these topics in the most dazzling colours, but our more serious thoughts will respect a useful prejudice... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - History - 1998 - 1094 pages
...wisest statesmen, relinquishing their natural right to empire, approach the royal cradle with bended knees and protestations of inviolable fidelity? Satire...colours, but our more serious thoughts will respect a useful prejudice, that establishes a rule of succession, independent of the passions of mankind;... | |
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