 A species of men to whom a state of order would become a sentence of obscurity, are nourished into a dangerous magnitude by the heat of intestine disturbances ; and it is no wonder that, by a sort of sinister piety, they cherish, in their turn, the disorders...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2761827Full view - About this book
 | James Henry Cousins - 1919 - 198 pages
...progenitors were in Burke's mind when he said : "A species of men to whom a state of order would be a sentence of obscurity, are nourished into a dangerous magnitude by the heat of intestinal disturbance ; and it IB no wonder that, by a sort of sinister piety, they cherish, in their... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1993 - 412 pages
...of fullness which opened our troubles in the time of Charles the First. A species of men to whom a state of order would become a sentence of obscurity,...that, by a sort of sinister piety, they cherish, in their turn, the disorders which are the parents of all their consequence. Superficial observers consider... | |
 | Stephen H. Browne - 1993 - 172 pages
...prevails by fits; the nation loses its relish for peace and prosperity. ... A species of men to whom a state of order would become a sentence of obscurity...disturbances; and it is no wonder that, by a sort of sinister society, they cherish, in their turn, the disorders which are the parents of all their consequence."... | |
 | Jeffrey Stout - 2004 - 382 pages
...Burke calls "sinister." Here is the passage in which he coins the phrase: A species of men to whom a state of order would become a sentence of obscurity,...that, by a sort of sinister piety, they cherish, in their turn, the disorders which are the parents of all their consequence. Superficial observers consider... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 2008 - 574 pages
...season of fulness which opened our troubles in the time of Charles the First. A species of men to whom a state of order would become a sentence of obscurity...that, by a sort of sinister piety, they cherish, in their turn, the disorders which are the parents of all their consequence. Superficial observers consider... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 2008 - 574 pages
...season of fulness which opened our troubles in the time of Charles the First. A species of men to whom a state of order would become a sentence of obscurity...that, by a sort of sinister piety, they cherish, in their turn, the disorders which are the parents of all their consequence. Superficial observers consider... | |
 | 1846 - 438 pages
...Forest Laws.' ' A species of men (speaking of one constant and baneful effect of grievances), to whom a state of order would become a sentence of obscurity,...those disorders which are the parents of all their consequences '• ' We have not (he says of the English Church Establishment) relegated religion to... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1913 - 220 pages
...of fullness which opened our troubles in the time of Charles the First. A species of men to whom a state of order would become a sentence of obscurity...that, by a sort of sinister piety, they cherish, in their turn, the disorders which are the parents of all their consequence. Superficial observers consider... | |
 | 1833 - 626 pages
...legislature has found BRITISH ENLISTMENT FOR THE CIVIL WARS OF PORTUGAL. " A species of men to whom a state of order would become a sentence of obscurity,...of intestine disturbances, and it is no wonder that in their turn they foster the disorders which are the parents of their advancement." — BURKE. THE... | |
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