 Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the...  The Cambrian - Página 1151892Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Henry Reed - 1858 - 424 páginas
...half-a-dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chirp, while tnousands of great cattle reposing beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, * Milton's Prose Works. Preface to Animadversions upon the Remonstrants' Defence against Smoctyumuus,... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 414 páginas
...Because half-a-dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chirp, while thousands of great cattle reposing beneath the shadow...British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not Imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field ; that, of course,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 432 páginas
...a general mark of acquiescence in their opinions. No such thing, I assure you. Because half-a-dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with...importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that... | |
 | Francis Mahony - 1860 - 654 páginas
...neglect is a mark of acquiescence in their opinions. No such thing, I assure you ! Because half-a-dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle, reposing under the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are... | |
 | Francis Sylvester Mahony - 1860 - 650 páginas
...neglect is a mark of acquiescence in their opinions. No such thing, I assure you ! Because half-a-dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle, reposing under the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are... | |
 | William Fitzgerald (bp. of Killaloe.) - 1862 - 106 páginas
...— the real majority. " Do not," says Burke, in a well-known passage — " Do not, because half-a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle, reposing under the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 páginas
...a fern make the fieid ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field ; that, of course,... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 696 páginas
...under a fera niake the field ring with their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray, do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field; that of course they... | |
 | 1863 - 436 páginas
...wisdom in a single figure of his, which I would commend to all northern politicians : ' Because a few grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, while a thousand oxen, under the shade of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, do not think... | |
 | 1863 - 428 páginas
...wisdom in a single figure of his, which I would commend to all northern politicians : ' Because a few grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, while a thousand oxen, under the shade of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, do not think... | |
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