 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 562 pages
...American affairs, 1775, he spealis of them as that profession wnich teaches men to "augur misgovemment at a distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze." He has certainly underrated the lawyers of the National Assembly. In England, owing to the organization... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - English literature - 1846 - 630 pages
...forth. But the predominance of the profession of the law, — that profession which teaches men " to augur misgovernment at a distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze*," — was the fatal source from which, if we may believe Mr. Burke, have arisen the calamities of France.... | |
 | Local history - 1849 - 336 pages
...judging of an ill principle only by an actual grievance, here they anticipated the evil, and judged of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle, auguring misgovernment at a distance, and snuffing the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.1... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1848 - 492 pages
...countries, the people, more simple, of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government, only by an actual grievance ; here they anticipate the...the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze." Mr. Otis was unanimously chosen to the legislature in May, 1761. The chief topic in debate for the... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1848 - 498 pages
...countries, the people, more simple, of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government, only by an actual grievance ; here they anticipate the...of the grievance, by the badness of the principle. Thev augur misgovernment at a distance ; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze."... | |
 | Elias Lyman Magoon - Orators - 1849 - 498 pages
...countries, the people, more simple, of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government, only by an actual grievance ; here they anticipate the...and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted teX breeze." Mr. Otis was unanimously chosen to the legislature in May, 1761. The chief topic in debate... | |
 | Richard Stockton Field - Courts - 1849 - 334 pages
...judging of an ill principle only by an actual grievance, here they anticipated the evil, and judged of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle, auguring misgovernment at a distance, and snuffing the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.1... | |
 | Richard Stockton Field - Courts - 1849 - 336 pages
...judging of an ill principle only by an actual grievance, here they anticipated the evil, and judged of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle, auguring misgovernment at a distance, and snuffing the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.1... | |
 | Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates - Alien and Sedition laws, 1798 - 1850 - 272 pages
...people to wait till the pressure of the evil principle was felt? No. As an elegant author expressed it, they augur misgovernment at a distance, and snuff...the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze. The political horizon of America, which some years ago shone with undiminished lustre, and which attracted... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1850 - 597 pages
...predominance of the profession of the law, — that professsion which teaches men " to augur misgovsrnment at a distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze,''^ — was the fata? source from which, if we may believe Mr. Burke, have arisen the calamities of France.... | |
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This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance.... 
