 All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the superadded ideas, furnished from the wardrobe of a moral imagination, which the heart owns and the understanding ratifies, as necessary to cover the defects of our naked, shivering nature,...  The Works of Edmund Burke - Sivu 99tekijä(t) Edmund Burke - 1839Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | John Franklin Genung - 1900 - 702 sivua
...understanding ratifies, as necessary to cover the defects of our naked shivering nature, and to raise it to dignity in our own estimation, are to be exploded...as a ridiculous, absurd, and antiquated fashion." 2 3. Not only may the short sentence serve as a transition and compend ; it is equally useful as a... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1901 - 588 sivua
...understanding ratifies, as necessary to cover the defects of our naked, shivering nature, and to raise it to dignity in our own estimation, are to be exploded,...is but a woman, a woman is but an animal, — and ah animal not of the highest order. All homage paid to the sex in general as such, and without distinct... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1904 - 632 sivua
...those who argue, according to Mr. Burke's improved political catechism, that ' a king is but a king ; a queen is but a woman ; a woman is but an animal ; and that not an animal of the highest order.' She had more respect of persons than this. The truth is,... | |
 | Elliot Evans Mills - 1909 - 420 sivua
...chivalry.* Surely, though they have hitherto thought to * " Under this scheme of things," cried Burke, " a King is but a man, a Queen is but a woman, a woman...an animal and an animal not of the highest order. . . On a scheme of this barbarous philosophy, which is the offspring of cold hearts and muddy understandings,... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - 1910 - 778 sivua
...understanding ratines, as necessary to cover the defects of our naked, shivering nature, and to raise ath their fragrant shade I clasp 'd her to my bosom!...and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. 16 1 birch 2 aa such, and without distinct views, is to be regarded as romance and folly. Kegicide, and parricide,... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 sivua
...understanding ratines, as necessary to cover the defects of our naked, shivering nature, and to raise it to dignity in our own estimation, are to be exploded...absurd, and antiquated fashion. On this scheme of things,-a king is but a man, a queen is but a woman; a woman is but an animal, and an animal not of... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 sivua
...understanding ratines, as necessary to cover the defects of our naked, shivering nature, and to raise it to dignity in our own estimation, are to be exploded as a ridiculous, absurdy and antiquated fashion. On this scheme of things, a king is but a man, a queen is but a woman;... | |
 | George Herbert Perris - 1914 - 636 sivua
...understanding ratifies, as necessary to cover the defects of our naked, shivering nature, and to raise it to dignity in our own estimation, are to be exploded as a ridiculous and antiquated fashion. . • • Nothing is left which engages the affections on the part of the rarely... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 828 sivua
...understanding ratifies, as necessary to cover the defects of our naked, shivering nature, and to raise Y MARGARET, COUNTESS WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1800) • THE TASK FROM BOOK I There often wanders one, whom better days Saw better... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 806 sivua
...understanding ratifies, as necessary to cover the defects of our m-.ked, shivering nature, and to raise wn ! That desperate grasp thy frame might feel Through...bars of brass and triple steel ! They tug ! They WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1800) THE TASK FROM BOOK I There often wanders one, whom better days Saw better... | |
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