I am not contending for a vain punctilio. A clear, unblemished character, comprehends not only the integrity that will not offer, but the spirit that will not submit to, an injury; and whether it belongs to an individual or to a community, it is the foundation... Memoirs and Correspondence from 1734 to 1773 - الصفحة 132بواسطة George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 816عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| 1907 - عدد الصفحات: 746
...not contending for a vain punctilio. A clear unblemished character comprehends not only the integrity that will not offer, but the spirit that will not...foundation of peace, of independence and of safety." It is nearly forty years since the solemn injunction " never to suffer an infringement of our customs... | |
| 1804 - عدد الصفحات: 426
...charafler comprehends not only the integrity that will not offer, but the fpirit that will not fubmit to an injury; and whether it belongs to an individual or to a community, it is the foundation ot peace, of independ. ence, of fafety. Private credit is wealth — public honour is fecurity."* To... | |
| 1771 - عدد الصفحات: 742
...foreigners a«d to the *ileft of your fellow-fubjects."— Perhaps this repenting prince might conwhether it belongs to an individual or to a community, it is the foundation of peace, of independance, and of fafety. Private credit is wealth ; — public honour is fecurity. The feather... | |
| 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 620
...the old Lord in quoting this sentence subjoins the image of Junius, plainly suggested by it : — ' Private credit is wealth ; public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight — strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.' The pamphlet,... | |
| 1812 - عدد الصفحات: 1092
...Their real honour and real interest are the same. —I am not contending for a vain punctilio. — Private credit is wealth ; public honour is security. — The feather that adorns the royal bird, supports its flight. Strip him of hi» plumage and you fix him to the earth.' Again : '... | |
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