 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsureto stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other, and... | |
 | William Belsham - 1795 - 496 pages
...courtiers, king's friends and republicans, Whigs and Tories, treacherous m*. frjC|Kls and open enemies; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. When his face was hid but for a moment, his whole system was on a wide sea, without chart or compass,... | |
 | 1803 - 624 pages
...whigs and tork-s; treacherous friends and open enemies ; — that it was indeed a very curious shew, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on,"...subject, has observed, " when he had executed his plan, ba b*d not an inch of ground to stand upon ; when be had accomplishe4 his scheme of administration... | |
 | 1867 - 636 pages
...such a tessellated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.' We must not omit, however, to bring into view the share taken by the House of Lords in the intricate... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1806 - 522 pages
...courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies : that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other, and were obliged to ask,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1806 - 520 pages
...courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies : that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsnre to stain! on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other,... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 512 pages
...courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other, and were obliged to ask,... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 518 pages
...courtiers, king's friends and republicans, whigs and tories, treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on. The colleagues whom he had assorted at the same boards, stared at each other, and were obliged to ask,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pages
...courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and -tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch and unsure to stand on. In consequence of this arrangement, the confusion was such that his own principles could not possibly... | |
 | Henry Headley - 1810 - 246 pages
...such a tesselated pavement, without cement, here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white, ***** that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on; the colleagues whom he had assorted at the same board, stared at each other, and were obliged to ask, Sir,... | |
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... such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers; king's friends and republicans ; Whigs and Tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious... 
