 | John Boyle Earl of Orrery - Italy - 1773 - 328 pages
...his fecond fon Piter-Leo fold, who now with his dutchefs (ai» infanta of Spain) refides at Fiorina. have a gloomy effect upon their waking hours ; they...ancient republic. Their good breeding runs into the ftiffnefs of ceremony. They are offended at the leaft defeat in decorum *. There are certain eftablifhed... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1774 - 606 pages
...-people," fay they, " .wjho- are tied by the '',leg. ,.We wifh: to -&y, buŁ .we F . ' * . " «f* " are detained by iron chains." Whither would they fly...ancient republic. . Their good breeding runs into the ftiffnefs of ceremony. They are offended at the kalt defect in decorum. There are certain ellablifhed... | |
 | History - 1793 - 602 pages
...confonant to nature and to rcafon. They dream cf ancient liberty ; their dream» have a gloomy effcft upon their waking hours ; they appear melancholy....people," fay they, " who are tied by the " leg. We with to fly, but we' f " arc •' are detained by iron chains." Whither would they fly ? Undoubtedly... | |
 | History - 1803 - 598 pages
...reside among them, is consonant to natu^e and to reason. They dream of ancient liberty ; their dreams have a gloomy effect upon their waking hours ; they appear melancholy. " We are -a people," say they, " who are tied by the " leg. We wish to fly, but we F " are " are detained by iron chains."... | |
 | Manfred Pfister - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 578 pages
...reside among them, is consonant to nature and to reason. They dream of ancient liberty; their dreams have a gloomy effect upon their waking hours; they appear melancholy. "We are a people", say they, "who are tied by the leg. We wish to fly, but we are detained by iron chains." Whither would... | |
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Fhrtntt, have a gloomy effect upon their waking hours; they appear melancholy. " We " are a people," fay they, " who are «« tied by the leg. We wifh to fly, but " we are detained by iron chains. 