 | 1803 - 354 Seiten
...say to them, Gentlemen, at London you are " like ships in the sea, which shew like nothing ; " but in your country- villages, you are like ships in " a river, which look like great things." I do not mean, however, to say, that a great man should live always in the country. The duties of his... | |
 | David Hume - 1810 - 504 Seiten
...Gentlemen, at London, you are like ships in a " sea, which show like nothing, but in your country vil" lages you are like ships in a river, which look like great " things."' HE was not content with reproof and exhortation. As queen Elizabeth had perceived with regret the in*... | |
 | Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - 1812 - 502 Seiten
...to tell them, " Gentlemen, at London you are like ships in a sea, which shew like nothing ; but in your country villages, you are like ships in a river, which look like great things. Interest, during this reign, was at ten per cent, till 1 624, when it was reduced to eight ; an indication... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 Seiten
...thus to them : " Gentlemen, at Lon" don you are like ships at sea, which shew like nothing ; but iu " your country villages you are like ships in a river, which " look like great things." See LOUD BACON'S APOTHEGMS, No. J272. haps to find together, so it is good to know them, and think... | |
 | Antoine-François marquis de Bertrand de Moleville, Antoine-François Bertrand-de-Molleville - 1812 - 502 Seiten
...to tell them, " Gentlemen, at London you are like ships in a sea, which shew like nothing ; but in your country villages, you are like ships in a river, which look like great things. Interest, during this reign, was at ten per cent, till 1 624, when it was reduced to eight ; an indication... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 604 Seiten
...Gentlemen, at London, you arc like ships ** in a sea, which show like nothing ; but in your coun" try villages you are like ships in a river, which look " like great things'." HE was not content with reproof and exhortation. As Queen Elizabeth had perceived with regret the increase... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 292 Seiten
...say thus to them ; Gentlemen, at London, you are like ships at se^ which shew like -nothing ; but in your country villages, you are like ships in a river, which look like great things. 273. Soon after j;he death of a great officer, who was judged no advancer of the king's matters ; the... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1817 - 276 Seiten
...say to them, "Gentlemen, at London you are like ships in the sea., which show like nothing; but in your country villages, you are like ships in a river, which look like great things." London was at this time almost entirely built of wood,, and a very ugly city. The Earl of Arundel first... | |
 | Rudolf Heinrich Bernhard Bosse - 1818 - 516 Seiten
...VIII. 226. ") Gentlemen at Loudon, dit-il, you are like ships in a sea, which «how like nothirig; in your country- villages, you are like ships in a river, which look gréât things. Hume VIII. 214. *; Ibid. 216. *) Ibid. VII. io5. En i5;9 il,en fut question dan» le... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 358 Seiten
...to them, ' Gentlemen, at London you are like ships in the sea, which show like nothing ; but in. cc3 your country- villages, you are like ships in a river, which look like great things.' I do not mean, however, to say, that a great man should live always in the country. The duties of his... | |
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King James was wont to be very earnest with the country gentlemen to go from London to their country houses. And sometimes he would say thus to them, " Gentlemen, at London you are like ships at sea, which show like nothing; but in your country villages... 
