 | sir James Prior - 1854 - 586 sivua
...debate. It is on record likewise that though on two occasions he applauded the new French Constitution as " the most stupendous and glorious edifice of liberty...foundation of human integrity in any time or country," he afterwards when pushed by Mr. Burke, explained away his meaning by saying that it applied to the... | |
 | Carl Heinrich Ludwig Retslag - 1854 - 174 sivua
...Parliament of England, Mr. Fox dared to declare, that he considered the new constitution of France, " as the most stupendous and glorious edifice of liberty,...erected on the foundation of human integrity in any age or country." * For instance in Berlin, after the battle of Jena. VI. DEMOCBACY, EQUALITY, AND COMMUNISM.... | |
 | Carl Heinrich Ludwig Retslag - 1854 - 174 sivua
...Parliament of England, Mr. Fox dared to declare, that he considered the new constitution of France, " as the most stupendous and glorious edifice of liberty,...erected on the foundation of human integrity in any age or country." * For instance in Berlin, after the battle of Jena. . VI. DEMOCBACY, EQUALITY, AND... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1855 - 616 sivua
...its place. It is virtually a begging of the question. It is a song of triumph before the battle. " But Mr. Fox does not make the panegyric of the new...erected on the foundation of human integrity in any tune or country," it might at first have led the hearer into an opinion, that the construction of the... | |
 | George Buchanan - 1856 - 852 sivua
...advocated. '__ the cause of the French Revolution ; and Fox, at the head of his party, proclaimed it " the most stupendous and glorious edifice of liberty...foundation of human integrity, in any time or country." Many also of the higher classes, who, in the event of a revolution, had everything to lose, were so... | |
 | William Dowling - 1857 - 412 sivua
...among the middle classes. In 1791, he declared in the House, " That the new Constitution of France was the most stupendous and glorious edifice of liberty...erected on the foundation of human integrity in any age or country." No marvel that Burke was indignant ! Fox also warmly supported Mr. Wilberforce in... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1859 - 400 sivua
...entertained by different men, but he, for one, admired the new Constitution of France, considered altogether, as the most stupendous and glorious edifice of liberty...foundation of human integrity in any time or country."* Mr. Burke's opinion differed so widely from that expressed by Mr. Fox, that no one could expect he... | |
 | David Hume - 1859 - 228 sivua
...constitution; an edifice which the right honourable gentleman had termed the most stupendous and glorious which had been erected on the foundation of human integrity in any time or country. Our own government, he con tinued, was in danger, for there were political clubs in every quarter,... | |
 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1859 - 404 sivua
...entertained by different men, but hef for one, admired the new Constitution of France^^oDsidered altogether, as the most stupendous and glorious edifice of liberty which had been erected "" J2lS— fe- J2JlflfeD-- flf.Jl il m 1 " integ" <y in an time or Mr. Burke's opinion differed so... | |
 | George Rose - 1860 - 554 sivua
...the French Revolution, like his hero, VOL. I. M Mr. Fox ; he does not, like that statesman, admire it as " the most stupendous and glorious edifice of liberty...foundation of human integrity in any time or country." On the contrary, he goes so far as to admit that the French were the aggressors against the institutions... | |
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When that nameless thing which has been lately set up in France was described as " the most stupendous and glorious edifice of liberty which had been erected on the foundation of human integrity in any time or country... 
