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" 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 Mirror of parliament, ed. by J.H. Barrow. 8th parl., 2nd session-12th ... - Page 3069
1839
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...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 are many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled,...
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pages
...make tke noise are the ONLY INHABITANTS of the field ; that, of course, they ai'e many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled, 'meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome insects of the hour/ * The description of the exulting joy displayed by...
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The Dublin Magazine, Volume 1

1840 - 606 pages
...those who make the noise are the chief inhabitants of the field, that they are even many in number, or that, after all, they are other than the little shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour." The puny efforts of these famishing intolérants...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings of Certain ...

Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pages
...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 are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the little shrivelled,...
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A Discourse on Religious Education: Delivered at Hingham, May 10, 1818 ...

Andrews Norton - 1818 - 1164 pages
...cattli5, reposed beneath the shadows of the British oak, chew their 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 are many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little shrivelled,...
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A Review of the Administration and Civil Police of the State of New York ...

Ferris Pell - 1819 - 202 pages
...importunate chink, whilst thousands of great " cattle repose in the shade and are silent, pray do not " imagine, that those who make the noise, are the only " inhabitants of the field ; that of course they are many " in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the " little,...
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A letter to the author of Waverley, Ivanhoe, &c. on the moral tendency of ...

Timothy Touchstone (pseud.) - 1820 - 82 pages
...cattle, reposing be" neath 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 are many in "number; or that, after all, they are " other than the little, shrivelled,...
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The British Prose Writers...: Burke's reflections

1821 - 362 pages
...great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cnd and are silent, pray do not imagine, that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field ; that of course there are many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little shrivelled,...
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The Crisis: Or, Essays on the Usurpations of the Federal Government

Robert James Turnbull - 1827 - 180 pages
...cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the native Live oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine, that those who make the noise, are the only inhabitants of the field ; or that of course, they are many in number; or that after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled,...
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The Quarterly Christian Spectator

1833 - 684 pages
...cattle, reposed beneath the shadows of the British oak, chew their 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 are many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little shrivelled,...
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