he lies floating many a rood' he is still a creature. His ribs, his fins, his whalebone, his blubber, the very spiracles through which he spouts a torrent of brine against his origin, and covers me all over with the spray, everything of him and about... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 5121834Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1780 - 206 pages
...to outrage oeconomy, but even to ftagger credibility. The Duke of Bedford is the .J_,eviatan hamong all the creatures of the Crown. He tumbles about his unwieldy bulk ; he plays and irolicks in the ocean of the Royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilft " he lies floating many a. rood,"... | |
| 302 pages
...grants to the Houfe of Ruffe!! were fo enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to ftagger credibility. The Duke of Bedford is the Leviathan...the ocean of the Royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whillt "he lies floating many a rood," he is ftill a creature. His ribs, his fins, his whalebone, his... | |
| 1796 - 598 pages
...grants to the houfe of Ruffel were fo enormouj, as not only to outrage economy, but even to ftagger credibility. The duke of Bedford is the Leviathan...creatures of the crown. He tumbles about his unwieldy bulk ; lie plays and frolics in the ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and •while " he lies floating... | |
| Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 444 pages
...grants to the houfe of Ruflel were fo enormous, as not only to outrage ceconomy, but even to ftagger credibility. The duke of Bedford is the leviathan...crown. He tumbles about his unwieldy bulk; he plays and frolicks in the ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilft " he lies float" ing many a rood,"... | |
| Edmund Burke - France - 1803 - 446 pages
...to outrage ceconomy, but even to ftagger credibility. The duke of Bedford is the leviathan among afl the creatures of the crown. He tumbles about his unwieldy bulk; he plays and frolicks in the ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilft " he lies float" ing many a rood,"... | |
| Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 540 pages
...the right. The grants to the house of Russel were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility. The duke of Bedford is...He tumbles about his unwieldy bulk ; he plays and frolicks in the ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilst " he lies floating many a rood,"... | |
| James Ogilvie - Philosophy - 1816 - 436 pages
...luminaries of the world. The modern critic is " the Leviathan of all the creatures of metaphysics, he tumbles about his unwieldy bulk, he plays and frolics in the ocean, of its more than regal bounty: huge as he is, and whilst he lies floating ' many a rood,' he is still... | |
| England - 1834 - 1046 pages
...right. The grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as not only to outrage all economy, but even to stagger credibility. The Duke of Bedford is...He tumbles about his unwieldy bulk ; he plays and frolic* in the ocean of the Royal bounty. Huge as he is, and while he ' lie* floating many a rood,'... | |
| Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...grants to the house of Russel (by Henry VIII.) were so enormous as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility. The Duke of Bedford is...the ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilst ' he lies floating many a rood' he is still a creature. His ribs, his fins, his whalebone, his... | |
| Edmund Henry Barker - Authorship - 1828 - 588 pages
...exact, these : — '' The Duke of Sec/ford is the leviathan among all the creatures of the crnwn ; he tumbles about his unwieldy bulk ; he plays and frolics in the ocean of the rogal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilst he ' lies floating many a rood,' he is still a creature ; his... | |
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