 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1785 - 796 pages
...the contrary, we do dot (Irstch and expand our minds to the compafs of their object, be well alTurcd, that every thing about us will dwindle by degrees, until at length our concerns are fhrun.lt to the dimenfions of our minds. It is not a predilection to mean, fordid, home-bred cares,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1792 - 676 pages
...the contrary, we do not ftretch and expand our minds to the compafs of their object, be well affured, that every thing about us will dwindle by degrees,...dimenfions of our minds. It is not a predilection to mean, fordid, home-bred cares, that will avert the confequences of a falfe eftimation of our intereft, or... | |
 | Edmund Burke - France - 1803 - 464 pages
...the contrary, we do notftretch and expand our minds to the compafs of their object, be well affured, that every thing about us will dwindle by degrees,...dimenfions of our minds. It is not a predilection to mean, fordid, home-bred cares, that will avert the confequences of a falfe eftiiuation of our intereft, or... | |
 | Edmund Burke - English literature - 1803 - 474 pages
...the contrary, we do notftretch arid expand our minds to the compafs of their object, be well affured, that every thing about us will dwindle by degrees,...dimenfions of our minds. It is not a predilection to mean, fordid, home-bred cares, that will avert the confequences of a falfe •eftiajation of our intereft,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1804 - 228 pages
...contrary, \ve do not stretch and expand our minds to the compass of their object, be well assured, that every thing about us will dwindle by degrees, until at length our concerns are shrunk to the dimensions of our minds. It is not a predilection to mean, sordid, home-bred cares, that... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...the contrary, we do not stretch and expand our minds to the compass of their object, be well assured, that every thing about us will dwindle by degrees, until at length our concerns are shrunk to the dimensions of our minds. It is not a predilection to mean, sordid, home-bred cares, that... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 458 pages
...the contrary, we do not stretch and expand our minds to the compass of their object, be well assured, that every thing about us will dwindle by degrees, until at length our concerns are shrunk to the dimensions of our minds. It is not a predilection to mean, sordid, home-bred cares, that... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 464 pages
...the contrary, we do not stretch and expand our minds to the compass of their object, be well assured, that every thing about us will dwindle by degrees, until at length our concerns are shrunk to the dimensions of our minds. It is not a predilection to mean, sordid, home-bred cares, that... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 560 pages
...the contrary, we do not stretch and expand our minds to the compass of their object, be well assured, that every thing about us will dwindle by degrees, until at length our concerns are shrunk to the dimensions of our minds. It is not a predilection to mean, sordid, home-bred cares, that... | |
 | Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 240 pages
...the contrary, we do not stretch and expand our minds to the compass of their object, be well assured, that every thing about us will dwindle by degrees, until at length our concerns are shrunk to the dimensions of our minds. It is not a predilection to mean, sordid, home-bred cares, that... | |
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But if we make ourselves too little for the sphere of our duty, if, on the contrary, we do not stretch and expand our minds to the compass of their object, be well assured that everything about us will dwindle by degrees, until at length our concerns... 
