 Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them. No contrivance can prevent the effect of this distance in weakening government. . Seas roll, and months pass, between the order and the execution ; and the want of a speedy explanation of a single...  The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir - Pagina 228door Edmund Burke - 1835Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charles Kendall Adams - 1884 - 340 pagina’s
...than the rest, as it is not merely moral, but laid deep in the natural constitution of things. Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them....explanation of a single point is enough to defeat the whole system. You have, indeed, " winged ministers " of vengeance, who carry your bolts in their... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams - 1884 - 346 pagina’s
...than the rest, as it is not merely moral, but laid deep in the natural constitution of things. Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them....explanation of a single point is enough to defeat the whole system. You have, indeed, " winged ministers " of vengeance, who carry your bolts in their... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams - 1884 - 354 pagina’s
...than the rest, as it is not merely moral, but laid deep in the natural constitution of things. Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them....explanation of a single point is enough to defeat the whole system. You have, indeed, " winged ministers " of vengeance, who carry your bolts in their... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams, John Alden - 1884 - 360 pagina’s
...than the rest, as it is not merely moral, but laid deep in the natural constitution of things. Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them....explanation of a single point is enough to defeat the whole system. You have, indeed, " winged ministers " of vengeance, who carry your bolts in their... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pagina’s
...the figure of speech ? L'04 merely moral, but laid deep in the natural constitution of things. Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them....distance in weakening government. Seas roll, and months pass,1 between the order and the execution ; and the want of a speedy explanation of a single point... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1887 - 476 pagina’s
...than the rest, as it is not merely moral, but laid deep in the natural constitution of things. Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them....bolts in their pounces to the remotest verge of the sea. But there a power steps in, that limits the arrogance of raging passions and furious elements,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pagina’s
...between you and them. No contrivance can prevent the effect of this distance in weakening government. i&, Seas roll, and months pass, between the order and...to defeat a whole system. You have, indeed, winged ministers of vengeance, who carry your bolts in their pounces to the remotest verge of the sea. But... | |
 | David Hume - 1888 - 486 pagina’s
...Burke, on March 22 of this year, in his speech on Conciliation with America, had said : — ' Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them....to defeat a whole system. You have, indeed, winged ministers of vengeance, who carry your bolts in their pounces to the remotest verge of the sea. But... | |
 | William Swinton - 1888 - 686 pagina’s
...distance in weakening government. i&1 Seas roll, and months pass, between the order and the execu-. tion ; and the want of a speedy explanation of a single point...to defeat a whole system. You have, indeed, winged ministers of vengeance, who carry your bolts in their pounces to the remotest verge of the sea. But... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - 1891 - 728 pagina’s
...than the rest, as it is not merely moral, but laid deep in the natural constitution of things. Three thousand miles of ocean lie between you and them....defeat a whole system. You have, indeed, " winged ministers of vengeance," who carry your bolts in their pounces to the remotest verge of the sea.7 But... | |
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