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" Because half a dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise... "
“The” Religious World Displayed, Or, a View of the Four Grand Systems of ... - Page 455
by Robert Adam - 1823
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Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings ..., Issues 1-2

Edmund Burke - 1790 - 370 pages
...do not imagine, that thofe who make the noife are the only inhabitants of the field; that of courte, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the little fhrivdled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublefome infcds of the hour. ?:. 1 almoft venture to...
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Reflections on the revolution in France, and on the proceedings in certain ...

Edmund Burke - 1790 - 380 pages
...do not imagine, that thofe who make the noife are the only inhabitants of the field; that of courfe, they are many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little fhrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublefomc infects of the hour. I almoft venture to affirm,...
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Works, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1792 - 636 pages
...not imagine, that thofe who make the noife are the only inhabitants of the field ; that of courfe, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the Httle fhrivelled, meagre, hopping, tliough loud and troublefome infects of the hour. I almoft venture...
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 490 pages
...field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud, and are silent,...the little, shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome insects of the hour/ * The description of the exulting joy displayed by an eminent...
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pages
...field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud, and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make tke noise are the ONLY INHABITANTS of the field ; that, of course, they ai'e many in number ; or that,...
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 5

Edmund Burke - 1803 - 458 pages
...not imagine that thofe who make • the noife are the only inhabitants of the field; that of courfe, they are many in number ; or that, after all, they are other than the little fhrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublefom'e ' infects of the hour. I almoft venture to...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 512 pages
...field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray...the little shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome insects of the hour. I almost venture to affirm, that not one in a hundred amongst...
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The Dublin Magazine, Volume 1

1840 - 606 pages
...man imagine that those who make the noise are the chief inhabitants of the field, that they are even many in number, or that, after all, they are other...the little shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour." The puny efforts of these famishing intolérants to do serious...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings of Certain ...

Edmund Burke - 1814 - 258 pages
...field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray...the little shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour. 1 almost venture to affirm, that not one in a hundred amongst...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 5

Edmund Burke - 1815 - 464 pages
...field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise arc the only inhahitants of the field; that of course, they are many in number; or that, after all,...
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