...hands, he may be again referred to for an illustration :—" A man," says Burke, " should ap" proach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a "...this " wise prejudice, we are taught to look with horrour on those " children of their country, who are prompt rashly to hack " that aged parent in pieces,...

...amplification. In the art of allusion Burke excels. " A man," says Burke, in one of his orations, " should approach to the " faults of the state as to...parent in " pieces, and put him into the kettle of ma" gicians, in hopes that by their poisonous weeds, " and wild incantations, they may regenerate the...

...consecrated the state, that no man should approach to look into defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation...horror on those children of their country who are prompted rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes...

...he should never dream of beginning its reforma tion by its subversion ; that he should approach ti the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father with pious awe and trembling solicitude. By thi wise prejudice we are taught to look with horrour ot those children of their country who are prompt...

...State, that no man should approach, to look into its defects or corruptions, but with due caution ; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation...children of their country, who are prompt rashly to hack their aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that by their poisonous...

...consecrated the state, that no man should approach to look into defects or corruptions but with due caution ; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation...the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitnde. By this wise prejndice we are taught to look with horror on those children of their country...

...inefficient the most unquestionable and wholesome laws. HA matchless writer* finely observes, ' We should approach to the faults of the state, as to...father, with pious awe, and trembling solicitude.' Suppose, indeed, that young persons in general were to practice a flippant and contemptuous opposition...

...look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution ; that he should never dream of beginjiiiiii its reformation by its subversion ; that he should...By this wise prejudice we are taught to look with horrour on those children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack that aged parent in pieces,...

...the State that no man should approach to look into defects or corruptions but with due caution, Lhat he should never dream of beginning its reformation...children of their country who are prompt rashly to hack their aged parent in pieces, and put him into the kettle of magicians, in hopes that, by their poisonous...

...the State, that no man should approach to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution ; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation...faults of the State as to the wounds of a father, with * This however, being an instance of what may be called the classical Metaphor, no preparation or explanation,...