 To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power, to lament the past, to conceive extravagant hopes of the future, are the common dispositions of the greatest part of mankind ; indeed the necessary effects of the ignorance...  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke - Page 435by Edmund Burke - 1887Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Waterhouse - Great Britain - 1831 - 482 pages
...ground ; but patriotism, it seems, may be improved by transplanting." * " To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power,...common dispositions of the greatest part of mankind, the necessary effects of the ignorance and levity of the vulgar ; but nobody, I believe, will consider... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1834 - 748 pages
...not an interest in beiiv,' ignorant of what it is his duty to learn. To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power,...part of mankind ; indeed the necessary effects of Ute ignorance and levity of the vulgar. Such complaints and humours have existed in all times; yet... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1835 - 652 pages
...has not an interest in being ignorant of what it is his duty to learn. To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power,...ignorance and levity of the vulgar. Such complaints and humours have existed in all times ; yet as all times have not been alike, true political sagacity manifests... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1837 - 744 pages
...interest in being ignorant of what it is his duty to learn. To complain of the age we live in, to murmurv ply a deficiency which may weaken, divide, and dissipate...most would cheerfully furnish whatever is demanded humours have existed in all times ; yet as all times have not been alike, true political sagacity manifests... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 562 pages
...learn. To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power, to lairrent the past, to conceive extravagant hopes of the future,...effects of the ignorance and levity of the vulgar. J Such complaints and humors have existed in all times ; yet as all times have not been alike, true... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1852 - 552 pages
...has not an interest in being ignorant of what it is his duty to learn. To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power,...ignorance and levity of the vulgar. Such complaints and humours have existed in all times ; yet as all times have not been alike, true political sagacity manifests... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1852 - 558 pages
...has not an interest in being ignorant of what it is his duty to learn. To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power,...ignorance and levity of the vulgar. Such complaints and humours have existed in all times ; yet as all times have not been alike, true political sagacity manifests... | |
 | Percival Frost - 1852 - 96 pages
...has not an interest in being ignorant of what it is his duty to know. To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power,...ignorance and levity of the vulgar. Such complaints have existed in all times ; yet as all times have not been alike, true political sagacity manifests... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 572 pages
...has not an interest in being ignorant of what it is his duty to learn. To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power,...alike, true political sagacity manifests itself in distin- \ guishiug that complaint which only characterizes the \ general infirmity of human nature,... | |
 | Readers - 1878 - 446 pages
...has not an interest in being ignorant of what it is his duty to learn. To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power,...ignorance and levity of the vulgar. Such complaints and humours have existed in all times; yet as all times have not been alike, true political sagacity manifests... | |
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