 But when the reason of old establishments is gone, it is absurd to preserve nothing but the burthen of them. This is superstitiously to embalm a carcass not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve it.  The Black Book: Or, Corruption Unmasked! - Side 113av John Wade - 1820Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Edmund Burke - 1780 - 106 sider
...This is fuperftitioufly to embalm a carcafs not worth an ounce of the gums that are ufed to preferve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb ; it is to offer meat and drink to the dead,^— not fo much an honour to the deceafed, as a difgrace to the furvivors. Our palaces are vaft inholpitable... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1792 - 676 sider
...This is fuperftitioufly to embalm a carcafs not worth an ounce of the gums that are ufed to preferve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb ; it is to offer meat and drink to the dead, — not fo much an honour to the deceafed, as a difgrace to'the furviyor.s. Our palaces are vaft; inhofpitable... | |
 | Charles M'Cormick - 1798 - 402 sider
...This is fuperftitioufly to embalm a carcafs not worth an ounce of the gums that are ufed to preferve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb : it is to offer meat and drink to the dead, — not fo much an honour to the deceafed, as a difgrace to the furvivors. Our palaces are vaft, inhofpitable... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1801 - 368 sider
...This is fuperftitioufly to embalm a carcafs not worth an ounce of the gums that are ufed to preferve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb ; it is to offer meat and drink to the dead, — not fo much an honour to the deceafed, as a difgrace to the furvivors,. Our palaces are vaft inhofpitable... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 452 sider
...This is fupcrftitioufly to embalm a carcafs not worth an ounce of the gums that are ufed to prelerve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb ; it is to offer meat and drink to the 'dead, — not fo much an honour to -the deceafed, as a difgrace to the furvivors-. Our- palaces are vaft inhofpitable... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - 1808 - 466 sider
...is absurd to preserve nothing but the burthen of them. This is superstitiously to embalm a carcase not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve...much an honour to the deceased, as a disgrace to the survivers. Our palaces are vast inhospitable halls. There the bleak winds, there " Boreas, and Eurus,... | |
 | 1808 - 540 sider
...is absurd to preserve nothing but the burthen of them. This is superstitiously to embalm a carcase not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve...to offer meat and drink to the dead, not so much an honor to the deceased, as a disgrace to the survivors. Our palaces are vast inhospitable halls. There... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1810 - 612 sider
...gonf, it is absurd to preserve nothing but the burthen of them. This is superstitiously to embalm a carcass not worth an ounce of the gums that are used...in the tomb; it is to offer meat and drink to the dead,—not so much an honour to the deceased, as a disgrace to the survivors. Our palaces are vast... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1814 - 730 sider
...gone, it is absurd to preserve nothing but the burthen of them. This is superstitiously to embalm a carcass not worth an ounce of the gums that are used...preserve it. It is to burn precious oils in the tomb ; ft is to offer meat and drink to the dead, — not so much an honour to the deceased, as a disgrace... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1814 - 730 sider
...gone, it is absurd to preserve nothing but the burthen of them. This is superstitiously to embalm a carcass not worth an ounce of the gums that are used to preserve it. It is to burn precious oils in thç tomb ¡ U n to offer meat and drink 20 GEORGE III. Mr: Burke' í Speech on presenting [32 to the... | |
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