he lies floating many a rood' he is still a creature. His ribs, his fins, his whalebone, his blubber, the very spiracles through which he spouts a torrent of brine against his origin, and covers me all over with the spray, everything of him and about... Edmund Burke's Letter to a Noble Lord - Strona 27autor: Edmund Burke - 1898 - Liczba stron: 83Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Stephen H. Browne - 1993 - Liczba stron: 172
...service and merit. Inversion of the moral orders is nearing completion. "Huge as he is," Burke concludes, "and whilst 'he lies floating many a rood,' he is still a creature. His ribs, his fin, his whalebone, his blubber, the very spiracles through which he spouts a torrent of brine against... | |
| Ray Monk - 1996 - Liczba stron: 728
...crown', who 'tumbles about his unwieldy bulk [and] plays and frolics in the ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilst "he lies floating many a...the spray, everything of him and about him is from the throne. Is it for him to question the dispensation of the royal favour?' he withdrew to Ravenscroft... | |
| Nicholas K. Robinson, Edmund Burke - 1996 - Liczba stron: 233
...the crown. He tumbles about his unwieldy bulk, he plays and frolics in the ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilst 'he lies floating many a...the spray, everything of him and about him is from the throne. Is it for him to question the dispensation ot the royal favour? 1 ' Within a day of its... | |
| Frans De Bruyn - 1996 - Liczba stron: 344
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| Edmund Burke - 1997 - Liczba stron: 720
...the crown. He tumbles about his unwieldy bulk, he plays and frolics in the ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilst "he lies floating many a...the spray, everything of him and about him is from the throne. Is it for him to question the dispensation of the royal favor? I really am at a loss to... | |
| John Gross - 1998 - Liczba stron: 1064
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| Edmund Burke - 2000 - Liczba stron: 540
...crown. He tumbles about his unwieldy bulk; he plays and frolicks in the ocean of the royal bounty. Huge as he is, and whilst "he lies floating many a rood," 19 he is still a creature. His ribs, his fins, his whalebone, his blubber, the very spiracles through... | |
| William Hone - 2003 - Liczba stron: 476
...house of Russell. "The duke is the leviathan among the creatures of the crown. . . . Huge as he is he is still a creature. His ribs, his fins, his whalebone,...spray — everything of him and about him is from the throne." The Anti-Jacobin versified Burke's attack in this parody. 38. Mr Tierney: George Tierney... | |
| Edmund Burke - 2004 - Liczba stron: 560
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