 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 sivua
...who are at their ease. But we are all of us made to shun disgrace as we are made to shrink from pain and poverty, and disease. It is an instinct, and under...an inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded m': are gone before me ; they who should have been to me as posterity are in the \.\iui. of ancestors.... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 sivua
...who are at their ease. But we are all of us made to shun disgrace, as we are made to shrink from pain and poverty and disease. It is an instinct ; and under...an inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded Tne are gone before me. They who should have been to me as posterity are in the place of ancestors.... | |
 | 1853 - 888 sivua
...hard season, I would give a peck of refuse wheat for all that is called fame and honour in the world. I live in an inverted order. They who ought to have...to me as posterity are in the place of ancestors." Poor Burke! Writing to a friend, he said, "Mrs. Burke seeks tranquillity in prayer!" We hope he did... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1854 - 340 sivua
...those who are at ease. But we are all of us made to shun disgrace, as we are made to shrink from pain, and poverty, and disease. It is an instinct ; and...inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded me have gone before me. They who should have been to me as posterity are in the place of ancestors. I... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1855 - 558 sivua
...are at their ease. But we are all of us made to shun 'disgrace, as we are made to shrink from pain, and poverty, and disease. It is an instinct ; and...ancestors. I owe to the dearest relation (which ever must I subsist in memory) that act of piety, which he would have performed to me ; I owe it to him to show... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1855 - 564 sivua
...are at their ease. But we are all of us made to shun disgrace, as we are made to shrink from pain, and poverty, and disease. It is an instinct; and under...reason, instinct is always in the right. I live in au inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded me are gone before me. They who should have been... | |
 | 1855 - 654 sivua
...sympathy, and to generous approbation, runs in the very title of this work ! It seems to say, with Burke, " I live in an inverted order : they who ought to have succeeded me are gone before me ; I am alone ; I have none to meet my enemies in the gate ; I owe to my son that act of piety which... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 sivua
...are at their ease. But we are all of us made to shun disgrace, as •we are made to shrink from pain, and poverty, and disease. It is an instinct; and,...right. I live in an inverted order. They who ought to tave succeeded me are gone before me. They who should have teen to me as posterity, are in the place... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1856 - 312 sivua
...instinct is always in the right. I live in an inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded me have gone before me. They who should have been to me as posterity are ia the place of ancestors. I owe to the dearest relation, which ever must subsist in memory, that act... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1857 - 882 sivua
...we forget that image of desolation, under which the noble old man figured his immeasurable grief. " I live in an inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded me, have gone before me. They who should have been to me as posterity, are in the place of ancestors The... | |
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I live in an inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded me have gone before me; they who should have been to me as posterity are in the place of ancestors. 
