 | Sir William Temple - Europe - 1814 - 556 pages
...present government, or hopes from another. Now that government which by any of these, or all these ways, takes in the consent of the greatest number of the...to make the figure of the firmest sort of pyramid. On the contrary, a government which by alienating the affections, losing the opinions, and crossing... | |
 | David Irving - English language - 1821 - 336 pages
...of the greatest number of the people, and consequently their desires and resolutions to support'it, may justly be said to have the broadest bottom, and...to make the figure of the firmest sort of pyramid. Essay on Government* DRYDEN. 'Tis not only commended by ancient practice, to celebrate the memory of... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 878 pages
...the consent of the greatest number of the people, may justly be said to have the broadest bottom ; and, if it terminate in the authority of one single person, it may he said to have the narrowest tap, and so makes the firmest pyramid. Temple. As young striplings whip... | |
 | Thomas Peregrine Courtenay - Authors, English - 1836 - 556 pages
...opinions of what is to come, by the fear they have for the present government, or hopes from another. Now that government which takes in the consent of...monarchist for the beauty of the .summit. In the summer of 16J3, Temple, being then upon a visit to his friends in Ireland, addressed a letter to the Earl of... | |
 | English language - 1888 - 576 pages
...present government, or hopes from another. Now that government which by any of these, or all these ways, takes in the consent of the greatest number of the...to make the figure of the firmest sort of pyramid. On the contrary, a government which by alienating the affections, losing the opinions, and crossing... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - Authorship - 1908 - 328 pages
...present government, or hopes from another. Now that government which by any of these, or all these ways, takes in the consent of the greatest number of the...to make the figure of the firmest sort of pyramid. On the contrary, a government which by alienating the affections, losing the opinions, and crossing... | |
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Now that government which by any of these, or all these ways, takes in the consent of the greatest number of the people, and consequently their desires and resolutions to support it, may justly be said to have the broadest bottom, and to stand upon the... 