 Heaven itself is dimly written there ; nay do not neglect, if you have opportunity, to ascertain what they vote and say. One thing the stupidest multitude at a hustings can do, provided only it be sincere : Inform you how it likes this man or that, this...  Past and present - Seite 525von Thomas Carlyle - 1897Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | f. d. richards - 1867 - 844 Seiten
...intelligent and substantial reason. The best reason given is comprehended In the following trite lines : — "I do not like thee, Dr. Fell; The reason why, I cannot tell. Bui this I know, and know full well, I do not like thce, Dr. Fell." Yes, those "many people in the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1868 - 512 Seiten
...owned, with a sigh, that perhaps it had been better for her had she never left her mistress. " No, I do not like thee, Dr. Fell ; the reason why I cannot tell," continued Mr. Foker; "and he wants to be taken as my head man. Blanche wants me to take him. Why does... | |
 | WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY - 1869 - 514 Seiten
...owned, with a sigh, that perhaps it had been better for her had she never left her mistress. " No, I do not like thee, Dr. Fell ; the reason why I cannot tell," continued Mr. Foker; "and he wants to be taken as my head man. Blanche wants me to take him. Why does... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1850 - 454 Seiten
...not with it from the chimneytops, as Chariot of the Sun; for it will not act in that capacity ! — As a ' Collective Wisdom! of Nations the talking Parliament,...even when its nonsense is not sincere, but produced in great part by beer and stump-oratory, will yet by the very act of voting feel itself bound in honour... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1870 - 444 Seiten
...not with it from the chimneytops, as Chariot of the Sun ; for it will not act in that capacity ! — As a ' Collective Wisdom' of Nations the talking Parliament,...even when its nonsense is not sincere, but produced in great part by beer and stump-oratory, will yet by the very act of voting feel itself bound in honour... | |
 | 1871 - 704 Seiten
...nee possum diccre qnare ; Hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te," — which he instantly rendered : " I do not like thee, Dr. Fell, The reason why I cannot tell ; But this I know, full rarely well, I do not like thee, Dr. Fell." Some brief notices of the Fells... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1850 - 316 Seiten
...not with it from the chimney-tops, as Chariot of the Sun ; for it will not act in that capacity ! — As a ' Collective Wisdom! of Nations the talking Parliament,...even when its nonsense is not sincere, but produced in great part by beer and stump-oratory, will yet by the very act of voting feel itself bound in honour... | |
 | Donald Macleod - 1876 - 396 Seiten
...of such a liberum arbitrium must be given to the people as has been commemorated in the song — " I do not like thee, Dr. Fell, The reason why I cannot tell." The extreme party had taken their position, and it was not easy to recede from it. The ' Ten Years'... | |
 | Royal United Service Institution (Great Britain) - 1877 - 1044 Seiten
...Devastation." He reminds me of the old saying applied to Mr. Addiugton, one of our Prime Ministers : — " I do not like thee, Dr. Fell, The reason why I cannot tell, But still I feel to know full well I do not like thee, Dr. Fell." That is all I can find as a reason... | |
 | Donald Macleod - 1877 - 488 Seiten
...of such a liberum arUtrium must be given to the people as has been commemorated in the song — " ' I do not like thee, Dr. Fell, The reason why, I cannot tell.' The extreme party had taken their position, and it was not easy to recede from it. The "Ten Years'... | |
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