 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1771 - 494 pages
...myfelf " with the fight of a crown and fceptre (tho* " even thefe twigs would not long flourifh, ** when the flock upon which they grew was " dead): but...power, I " fhould remain but the outfide, but the pie" ture, but the fign of a king." "War on any terms was, therefore, efteemed preferable to fuch an... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1771 - 484 pages
...fight of a crown and fceptre (tho* •' even thefe twigs would not long flourifh, ". when the ftock upon which they grew was " dead) : but as to true...power, I " fhould remain but the outfide, but the pic** ture, but the fign of a king." War on any terms was, therefpre, efteemed preferable to fuch an... | |
 | David Hume - 1776 - 496 pages
...a crown and fceptre (tho' even v^-v-^ " thofe twigs Would not long flourifh, when the ftock '642. " upon which they grew was dead) : But as to true and...real power, I fhould remain but the outfide, but the " picture, but thefign of a king6." War on any terms was efteemed, by the king and all his counfellors,... | |
 | World history - 1783 - 458 pages
...even thefe twigs would npt long flourifh, when the ftock upon which they grew was dead,) but as to the true and real power, I fhould remain but the outfide, but the picture, but the fign of a king "." "War, on any terms, was efteemed by the king and all his counfellois,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1789 - 344 pages
...the fight of a crown and fceptie " (though even thefe twigs would not long flou" rifh, when the ftock upon which they grew " was dead) ; but as to true and real power, I H 5 « fhculd " fliould remain but the outfide, but the pi&ure, " but the fign of a king." War on any... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1797 - 478 pages
..." fight of a crown and fceptre (though even " thefe twigs would not long flourifh, when the " ftock upon which they grew was dead) : but as " to true..." the outfide, but the pifture, but the fign of a fc king." War on any terms was, therefore, efteemed preferable to fuch an ignominious peace. Thus the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 340 pages
...sight of a crown- and sceptre " (though even these twigs would not long tlou" rish, when the -stock upon which they grew " was dead;; but as to true and real power, I H3- "should 178 HISTORY OF ENGLAND. " should remain but the outside, but the picture, " but the sign... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 504 pages
...the sight of a crown and sceptre " (though even these twigs would not long flourish, when " the stock upon which they grew was dead) : But as to " true and real power, I should remain but the outside, " but the picture, but the sign of a king." 8 War on any terms was esteemed,... | |
 | David Hume - 1812 - 604 pages
...Rushworth, vol.vp 722. May, book ii. p. 54. ** twigs " twigs would not long flourish, when the stock " upon which they grew was dead) : But as to true " and real power, I should remain but the outside, " but the picture, but the sign of a King '." War on any terms was esteemed,... | |
 | R. H - Great Britain - 1816 - 890 pages
...with the sight of a crown and sceptre, though even these twigs would not long flourish, when the stock upon which they grew was dead. But as to true and real power, I should remain but the outside, but the picture, but the sign of a King !" This refusal was the signal... | |
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Houses, may still be the style of your commands ; I may have swords and maces carried before me, and please myself with the sight of a crown and sceptre (though even these twigs would not long flourish, when the stock upon which they grew was dead) :... 
