 | 1845 - 718 pages
...masquerades, applies equally to literary imitations : — ' Those who quit their proper characters to assume 4 what does not belong to them, are for the greater part ignorant 4 both of the character they leave and the character they assume.' Deplorably ignorant of th-e English... | |
 | John Davenant - 1846 - 612 pages
...Davenant, well observed, with a reference equally as applicable in the case above, — " those \vho quit their proper character, to assume what does not...Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so find of meddling, and inexperienced in all its affaire, on which they pronounce with so mui-h confidence,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 610 pages
...masquerades, applies equally to literary imitations : — ' Those who quit their proper characters to assume what does not belong to them, are for the...part ignorant both of the character they leave and the character they assume." Deplorably ignorant of the English character, and of the inexhaustible... | |
 | 1847 - 640 pages
...to govern or pacify it without some such instrument is almost impracticable. — Examiner, IS May. THOSE who quit their proper character to assume what...belong to them, are for the greater part ignorant of the character they leave and of the character they assume. — Burlte. To be happy at home is the... | |
 | 1847 - 436 pages
...whieh every desire prompts the proseeation.— Johnson. THOSE who quit their proper eharaeter to assome what does not belong to them, are for the greater part ignorant of both the eharaeter they leave and of the eharaeter they assume. — Burke. NH— A Stamped Edition... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1852 - 608 pages
...charity. The cause of civil liberty and civil government gains as little as that of religion by this confusion of duties. Those who quit their proper character,...of meddling, and inexperienced in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with so much confidence, they have nothing of politics but the passions they... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 968 pages
...are poor indeed. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity. Those who quit their proper character to assume what...character they leave and of the character they assume. They have nothing of polities but the passions they excite. Surely the church is a place where one... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1852 - 976 pages
...the healing voice of Christian charity. Those who quit their proper character to asinine what docs not belong to them, are, for the greater part, ignorant...character they leave and of the character they assume. They have nothing of politics but the paesioni they excite. Surely the church is a place where one... | |
 | None - 1852 - 492 pages
...No sound," says Burke, " ought to be heard in the church, but the healing voice of Christian chanty. Those who quit their proper character, to assume what does not belong to them, are for the most part ignorant of the character they assume, and of the character they leave off. Wholly unacquainted... | |
 | 1852 - 506 pages
...sound," says Burke, " ought to be heard in the church, but the healing voice of christian charity. Those who quit their proper character, to assume what does not belong to them, arc for the most part ignorant of the character they assume, and of the character they leave off. Wholly... | |
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Wholly unacquainted with the world in which they are so fond of meddling, and inexperienced in all its affairs, on which they pronounce with so much confidence, they have nothing of politics but the passions they excite. Surely the church is a place where... 
