 I did not obey your instructions ! No, I conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained your interest against your opinions with a constancy that became me. A representative worthy of you ought to be a person of stability.  Irish Essays: And Others - Page 3by Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...but it was a necessary part of my publick duty. For, gentlemen, it is not your fond desires or mine that can alter the nature of things ; by contending...have we got, or shall ever get, but defeat and shame ? I did not obey your instructions ! No, I conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...gentlemen, it is not your fond desiren or mine that can alter the nature of things; by contending agaiosi which what have we got, or shall ever get, but defeat and shame ? I did not obey your instructions ! No. J conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained... | |
 | Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...but it was a necessary part of my public duty. For, gentlemen, it is not your fond desires, nor mine, that can alter the nature of things ; by contending against which, what have we got, or ever shall get, but defeat and shame ? I did not obey your instructions — No. I conformed to the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1828 - 182 pages
...but it was a necessary part of my public duty. For, gentlemen, it is not your fond desires or mine that can alter the nature of things ; by contending...have we got, or shall ever get, but defeat and shame ? I did not obey your instructions : no, I conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 828 pages
...of more consequence than the furniture of understanding. Waits. It is not your fond desires or mine that can alter the nature of things ; by contending...have we got, or shall ever get, but defeat and shame ? I did not obey your instructions : no, I conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pages
...of more consequence than the furniture of understanding. Wattt. It is not your fond desires or mine that can alter the nature of things •, by contending against which, what hare we got , or shall ever get, but defeat and shame ? I did not obey your instructions : no, I <•<•«formed... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 648 pages
...but it was a necessary part of my public duty. For, gentlemen, it is not your fond desires or mine I did not obey your instructions : No. I conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 744 pages
...but it was a necessary, part of my publick duty. For, gentlemen, it is not your fond desires or mine that can alter the nature of things ; by contending against which, what hav./ we ¡rot, or shall ever get, but defeat and sliame ' I did not obey your instructions : No. I... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 652 pages
...but it was a necessary part of my public duty. For, gentlemen, it is not your fond desires or mice the smallest of these demands ? The ministers never...person to enter into his exchequer, and to search I did not obey your instructions : No. I conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1837 - 744 pages
...but it was a necessary, part of my publick duty. For, gentlemen, it is not your fond desires or mine eliverer, the metaphysick knight of the sorrowful countenance. When I see the spirit ? I did not obey your instructions : No. I conformed to the instructions of truth and nature, and maintained... | |
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