... a great state is too much envied, too much dreaded, to find safety in humiliation. To be secure, it must be respected. Power, and eminence, and consideration, are things not to be begged. They must be commanded : and they, who supplicate for mercy... The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke - Page 242by Edmund Burke - 1877Full view - About this book
| Granville Penn - Great Britain - 1805 - 360 pages
...his easy victory; But let us recall to our memory those words of wisdom : " A great state is too M much envied, too much dreaded, to " find safety in humiliation. To be secure, " it must be respecjted. Power, and emi" nence, and consideration, are things not '* to 'be begged, they must be... | |
| Europe - 1814 - 484 pages
...compromise has often been the means, and the only means, of drawing out their puny existence. But a great state is too much envied, too much dreaded, to find...others, can never hope for justice through themselves." — In one respect, perhaps, the conduct of the British government was not altogether deserving of... | |
| Walter Scott - Europe - 1814 - 490 pages
...compromise has often been the means, and the only means, of drawing out their puny exibtence. But a great state is too much envied, too much dreaded, to find...others, can never hope for justice through themselves." — In one respect, perhaps, the conduct of the British government was not altogether deserving of... | |
| 1814 - 506 pages
...existence. But a great state is too much envied, too much dreaded, to find safety in humiliation. Ti be secure it must be respected. Power, and eminence,...others, can never hope for justice through themselves." — In one respect, perhaps, the conduct of the British government was not altogether deserving of... | |
| Walter Scott - Europe - 1814 - 536 pages
...can never be secured by such policy. It has been observed by an eloquent •writer, that " a great state is too much envied, too much dreaded, to find safety in humiliation ;" and it may be added, that neither can it find safety in dependence on its neighbours for that which... | |
| Hewson Clarke - 1815 - 622 pages
...compromise has often been the means, and the only means, of drawing out their puny existence. But a great state is too much envied, too much dreaded, to find...and they who supplicate for mercy from others, can ne*er hope for justice through themselves. In one respect, perhaps, the conduct of the British government... | |
| England - 1834 - 918 pages
...timely compromise with power has often been the means of drawling out their puny existence. But a great State is too much envied, too much dreaded, to find safety in humiliation. " If wealth is the obedient and laborious slave of virtue and public honour, then wealth is in its... | |
| George Crabb - English language - 1826 - 768 pages
...public law requires ; equity is that which private law or the law of every man's conscience requires; ' They who supplicate for mercy from others, can never hope for justice through themselves.1 BUKKE. Ev'ry rule of equity demands That vice and virtue from the Almighty's hands Should... | |
| David Thompson (of Niagara, Ont.) - United States - 1832 - 310 pages
...and the Only means, of drawing out their puny existance. But a great state is too much envied, top much dreaded, to find safety in humiliation. To be...others, can never hope for justice through themselves." The conduct of the British ministers, however, in this affair, was not altogether undeserving of reprehension:... | |
| David Thompson (of Niagara, Ont.) - United States - 1832 - 318 pages
...compromise has often been the means, and the only means, of drawing out their puny existence. But a great state is too much envied, too much dreaded, to find...respected Power, and eminence, and consideration, are tilings not to be begged; they must be commanded ; and they who supplicate for mercy from others, can... | |
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