 | Edmund Burke - 1790 - 370 Seiten
...thoufands of great cattle, repofed beneath the fhadow of the Britifh oak, chew the cud and are filent, pray do not imagine, that thofe who make the noife are the only inhabitants of the field; that of courte, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the little fhrivdled, meagre,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 636 Seiten
...thoufands of great cattle, Tepofed beneath the fhadow of the Britifh oak, chew the cud afcd are filent, pray do not imagine, that thofe who make the noife...number; or that, after all, they are other than the Httle fhrivelled, meagre, hopping, tliough loud and troublefome infects of the hour. I almoft venture... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 Seiten
..."not imagine that those who make the noise are the ONLY INHABITANTS of the field ; that, of course, they are many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome insects of the hour/ * The description of... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 Seiten
...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, after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled, 'meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome insects of the hour/ * The description of... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 458 Seiten
...thoufands of great cattle, repofed beneath the fhadpw of the Britifh oak, chew the cud and are filent, pray do not imagine that thofe who make • the noife...fhrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublefom'e ' infects of the hour. I almoft venture to affirm, that not one in' a* hundred amongft us participates... | |
 | 1840 - 606 Seiten
...man imagine that those who make the noise are the chief inhabitants of the field, that they are even many in number, or that, after all, they are other than the little shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour." The puny efforts of... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1818 - 1164 Seiten
...do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field ; that of course they are many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little shrivelled, meager, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour." If Mr. Norton wishes... | |
 | Ferris Pell - 1819 - 202 Seiten
..." imagine, that those who make the noise, are the only " inhabitants of the field ; that of course they are many " in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the " little, shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and " troublesomet insects of the hour." In this State, we... | |
 | Timothy Touchstone (pseud.) - 1820 - 82 Seiten
...imagine that those who make the <; noise are the only inhabitants of the " field; that, of course, they are many in "number; or that, after all, they are " other than the little, shrivelled, meagre. " hopping, though troublesome, inserts " of the hour." To continue the metaphor... | |
 | 1821 - 362 Seiten
...imagine, that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field ; that of course there are many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though lond and troublesome, insects of the hour. I almost venture to... | |
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... 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 noise are the... 
