 Always acting as if in the presence of canonized forefathers, the spirit of freedom, leading in itself to misrule and excess, is tempered with an awful gravity. This idea of a liberal descent inspires us with a sense of habitual native dignity, which...  Outlines of the History of the English Language - Page 162by George Lillie Craik - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1892 - 598 pages
...considering our liberties in the . light of an inheritance. Always acting as if in the presence of canonized forefathers, the spirit of freedom, leading in itself...who are the first acquirers of any distinction. By this7 . means our liberty becomes a noble freedom. It carries an imposing and majestic aspect. It has... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1901 - 588 pages
...considering our liberties in the light of an inheritance. Always acting as if in the presence of canonized forefathers, the spirit of freedom, leading in itself...disgracing those who are the first acquirers of any distinetion. By this means our liberty becomes a noble freedom. It carries an imposing and majestic... | |
 | Henry Montagu Butler - Great Britain - 1909 - 346 pages
..." I flatter myself," he said, " that I love a manly, moral, regulated liberty. With us, Englishmen, always acting as if in the presence of canonised forefathers,...misrule and excess, is tempered with an awful gravity." Again : " Our liberty becomes a noble freedom. It has its gallery and portraits." " Those who know... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1911 - 666 pages
...considering our liberties in the light of an inheritance. Always acting as if in the presence of canonized forefathers, the spirit of freedom, leading in itself...dignity, which prevents that upstart insolence almost mevitably adhering to and disgracing those who are the first acquirers of any distinction. By this... | |
 | English literature - 1915 - 470 pages
...and a people inheriting privileges, franchises, and liberties from a long line of ancestors. . . . Always acting as if in the presence of canonised forefathers,...misrule and excess, is tempered with an awful gravity.' ' Canonised forefathers,' whether in the invisible register of family tradition or in the formal calendars... | |
 | Nathaniel Micklem, Herbert Morgan - Christian sociology - 1921 - 300 pages
...on standards lower than those commonly recognised. Our liberties, as Burke says, should be regarded in the light of an inheritance. " Always acting as...misrule and excess, is tempered with an awful gravity. . , . By this means our liberty becomes a noble freedom. It carries an imposing and majestic aspect.... | |
 | Nathaniel Micklem, Herbert Morgan - Christian sociology - 1921 - 260 pages
...standards lower than those commonly recognised. Our liberties, as Burke says, should be regarded * in the light of an inheritance. " Always acting as...misrule and excess, is tempered with an awful gravity. . . . By this means our liberty becomes a noble freedom. * The contention of Freud and other psycho-analysts... | |
 | Lilian Mary Faithfull - 1924 - 326 pages
...Burke that we should be ' always acting as if in the presence of canonised forefathers,' and thus ' the spirit of freedom leading in itself to misrule and excess is tempered with an awful gravity.' 1 1 Reflections on the Revolution in fiance. CHELTENHAM LADIES' COLLEGE : DISCIPLINE AND TRADITIONS... | |
 | Franklin Le Van Baumer - History - 1978 - 824 pages
...considering our liberties in the light of an inheritance. Always acting as if in the presence of canonized forefathers, the spirit of freedom, leading in itself...us with a sense of habitual native dignity, which PART TWO: Age of Science 492 prevents that upstart insolence almost inevitably adhering to and disgracing... | |
 | R. J. Smith - History - 2002 - 252 pages
...their historical truth but their poetic utility. Burke argued we have derived several other, and those no small benefits from considering our liberties in...misrule and excess, is tempered with an awful gravity. ' ' • Burke's careful phrasing is significant. He did not say that the forefathers were present or... | |
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