... criminals a memorable example to mankind. He resolved, in the gloomy recesses of a mind capacious of such things, to leave the whole Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance, 'and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier between him and those,... The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir - Page 395by Edmund Burke - 1860Full view - About this book
| 1785 - 522 pages
...monument of vengeance , and to put perpetual defolation as a barrier between him and thofe againft whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the...world together, was no protection. He became at length fo confident of his force, fo collected in his m ight, that he made no fccirt whatever of his dreadful... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1785 - 796 pages
...monument ef vengeance ; and to put perpetual dcfolation as a barrier between, him and fhofe againft whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the...world together was no protection. He became at length fo confindcnt of his fore*, fo collected in his might, that he made no fccrct whatfocverof his dreadful... | |
| John Moir - 1786 - 524 pages
...ent of vengeance, and to put perpetual defola•' tion as a barrier between him and thofc againft " whom the faith, which holds the moral elements " of...together, was no protection. He " became at length fo confident of his force, fo " collected in his might, that he made no fe" cret whatfoever of his... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1792 - 676 pages
...monument of vengeance ; and to put perpetual defolation as a barrier between him and thofe againft whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the...world together was no protection. He became at length fo confident of his force, fo collected in his might, that he made no fecret whatfoever of his dreadful... | |
| 1795 - 432 pages
...whole Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance ; and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier rier between him and those against whom the faith which...so collected in his might, that he made no secret whatever of his dreadful resolution. Having terminated his disputes with every enemy, and every rival,... | |
| William Belsham - 1795 - 632 pages
...a mind capacious of such things, to leave the whole Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance, and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier between...elements of the world together was no protection. Having terminated his disputes with every enemy and every rival, burying their mutual animosities in... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1798 - 330 pages
...monument of vengeance ; and to put perpetual defolation as a barrier between him and thole againft; whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the...world together was no protection. He became at length fo confident of his force, fo colle&ed in his might, that he made no fecret whatfoever of his dreadful... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1803 - 464 pages
...monument of vengeance, and to put perpetual defolation as a barrier between him and thofe, againft whom the faith which holds the moral elements of the...world together, was no protection. He became at length fo confident of his force, fo collected in his might, that he made no fecret whatfoever of his dreadful... | |
| William Belsham - 1805 - 470 pages
...a mind capacious of such things, to leave the whole Carnatic an everlasting monument of vengeance, and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier between...elements of the world together was no protection. Having terminated his disputes with every enemy and every rival, buryingtheir mutual animosities in... | |
| Nathaniel Chapman - 1807 - 458 pages
...mind capacious of such things, to leave the whole Carnatick an everlasting monument of vengeance ; and to put perpetual desolation as a barrier between...mutual animosities in their common detestation against the creditors of the nabob of Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add... | |
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