 | Edmund Burke - 1780 - 206 pages
...and I rnuft have five years hence. I was not to look to the flafh of the day. I knew that you chofe me, in my place, along with others, to be a pillar of the ftate, and not a weathercock on the top of the edifice, exalted for my levity and verfatility, and... | |
 | 1782 - 434 pages
...and I mttfl have five years hence. I was not to look to the flafh of the day. I knew that you chofe me, in my place, along with others, to be a pillar of the ftate, and not a weathercock on the top of the edifice, exalted for my levity and verfatility, and... | |
 | 1791 - 718 pages
...the flafh of the day. I knew that you put me in my place, with others, to be a fiiltr cf tit Sta-c, and not a weathercock on the top of the edifice, exalted for my le\ ity and verfatility, and of no ufe but to indicate the fhiftings of every fafhionable gale." •... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 676 pages
...you and I mujl have five years hence. I was not to look to the flam of the day. I knew that you chofe me, in my place, along with others, to be a pillar of the ftate, and not a. weathercock on the top of the edifice, exalted for my levity and verfatility, and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 pages
...which he defended himfelf with uncommon addrefs. He faid, " he knew that he had been chofen in his place, along with others, to be a pillar of the State,...weather-cock on the top of the edifice, exalted for his levity and verfatility, and of no ufe but to indicate the fhiftings of every fafhionable gale*."... | |
 | 1801 - 618 pages
...constituents, to which his reply was rather brilliant than satisfactory : " that he had been chosen along with others to be a pillar of the state, and not a weathercock on tlie top of the edifice, exalted for his levity and •versatility, and of no use but to indicate the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 452 pages
...arid I mujl have five years hence. I was not to look to the flam of the day. I knew that you chofe me, in my place, along with others, to be a pillar of the ftate, and not a weathercock on the top of the edifice, exalted for my levity and verfatility, and... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 454 pages
...you and I muft have five years hence. I was not to look to the flam of the day. I knew that you chofe me, in my place, along with others, to be a pillar of the ftate, and not a weathercock on the top of the edifice, exalted for my levity and verfatility, and... | |
 | 1804 - 636 pages
...constituents, to which his reply was rather brilliant than satisfactory : " that he had been chosen along with others to be a pillar of the state, and...weathercock on the top of the edifice, exalted for his levity and versatility, and of 710 use but to indicate the shi/tings of every fashionable gale.''... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 458 pages
...indeed, to your opinions ; but to su opinions as you and I must have five years hence. was not to look at the flash of the day. I knew that you chose me in...and versatility ; and of no use but to indicate the shif tings of every fashionable gale." This eloquent address, however, was ineffectual. On the second... | |
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A representative worthy of you ought to be a person of stability. I am to look, indeed, to your opinions — but to such opinions as you and I must have five years hence. I was not to look to the flash of the day. I knew that you chose me, in my place,... 
