 ... which may, from time to time, on great questions, agitate the several communities which compose a great empire. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the...  Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America - Page 69by Edmund Burke - 1920 - 119 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...agitate the several communities which compose a great empire. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic, to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to...one excellent individual (Sir Walter Raleigh) at the bar. I hope I am not ripe to pass sentence on the gravest public bodies, intrusted with magistracies... | |
 | Robert Bisset - 1800 - 502 pages
...exposes as impossible in \ the execution, and consequently absurd in the attempt. ' I,' says he, ' do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.' He went on to other effects which might be expected from perseverance in an endeavour which the colonies... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 pages
...agitate the several communities which compose a great empire. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic, to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to...insult and ridicule the feelings of millions of my fellow creatures, as Sir Edward Coke insulted one excellent individual, (Sir Walter Raleigh) at the... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 518 pages
...me to be narrow and pedantick, to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great publick contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an...insult and ridicule the feelings of millions of my fellow creatures, as sir Edward Coke insulted one excellent individual* at the bar. I am not ripe to... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1808 - 512 pages
...me to be narrow and pedantick, to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great publick contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an...insult and ridicule the feelings of millions of my fellow creatures, as sir Edward Coke insulted one excellent individual* at the bar. I am not ripe to... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1813 - 768 pages
...the several communities •which compose a great empire. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic, to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to...insult and ridicule the feelings of millions of my fellow creatures, as sir Edward Coke insulted one excellent individual (sir Walter Raleigh) at the... | |
 | Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 218 pages
...agitate the several communities which compose a great empire. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic, to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to...insult and ridicule the feelings of millions of my fellow creatures, as Sir Edward Coke insulted one excellent individual, (Sir Walter Raleigh) at the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1816 - 540 pages
...agitate the several communities which compose a great empire. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic, to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to...insult and ridicule the feelings of millions of my fellow creatures, as Sir Edward Coke insulted one excellent individual (Sir Walter Raleigh) at the... | |
 | Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...agitate the several communities which compose a great empire. It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic, to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to...insult and ridicule the feelings of millions of my fellow creatures, as Sir Edward Coke iusulted one excellent individual (Sir Walter Raleigh) at the... | |
 | Robert Walsh - Public opinion Great Britain - 1819 - 574 pages
...nor virtue left on the earth. Mr. Burke said, in his speech on the Conciliation with America — " I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people. 1 cannot insult and ridicule the feelings of millions of my fellow creatures. I am not , ripe to pass... | |
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