 | 1843 - Počet stránok 632
...sacrifice principle to patriotic considerations. It was said of Andrew Fletcher, ' He would have ' died to serve his country ; but he would not do a base thing to save it.' Moreover, these exiles, however in some respects reprehene, were not accused of any crime which the... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1834 - Počet stránok 316
...that there can be-tmy- measure or scheme so useful to the world as the existence of men who would jiot do a base thing for any public advantage. It was said...' he would lose his life to serve his country, but would not do a base thing to save it.' Let those preachers of utility who suppose that such a man sacrifices... | |
 | THE EDINBURGH REVIEW OR CRITICAL JOURNAL - 1843 - Počet stránok 672
...sacrifice principle to patriotic considerations. It was said of Andrew Fletcher, ' He would have .' died to serve his country ; but he would not do a base thing to save it.' Moreover, these exiles, however in some respects reprehensible, were not accused of any crime which... | |
 | Bartholomew Elliott G. Warburton - 1852 - Počet stránok 954
...highest sense of honour and the most inflexible integrity. It was well said of him, " that he would die to serve his country, but he would not do a base thing to save her." He was one of the representatives of Scotland, and had offered a strenuous opposition to the... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1852 - Počet stránok 318
...highest sense of honour and the most inflexible integrity. It was well said of him, " that he would die to serve his country, but he would not do a base thing to save her." He was one of the representatives of Scotland, and had offered a strenuous opposition to the... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1853 - Počet stránok 566
...never known to attempt a great, a good, or a brilliant end by consciously wicked or unrighteous means. He would lose his life to serve his country, but he would not do a base thing to save it. There was the least of the Jesuit in the Duke of any man living. He rejected with magnanimous scorn... | |
 | John Cumming - 1853 - Počet stránok 212
...never known to attempt a great, a good, or a brilliant end by consciously wicked or unrighteous means. He would lose his life to serve his country, but he would not do a base thing to save iti There was the least of the Jesuit in the Duke of any man living. He rejected with magnanimous scorn... | |
 | Isaac Buchanan - 1864 - Počet stránok 618
...slavery ; for I agree with the noble saying of another distinguished Scotchman, Fletcher, of Saltoun : " He would lose his life to serve his country, but he would not do a base thing to save her." But as Britons, proud of our freedom, and proud of our having set free those of the African race... | |
 | Philip Lindsley - 1866 - Počet stránok 742
...please and say what they think." (Tacitus.] 9. It was said of Andrew Fletcher, "He would have died to serve his country; but he would not do a base thing to save it." 10. "Kank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." * * * "The honest man, though e'er... | |
 | Philip Lindsley - 1866 - Počet stránok 746
...please and say what they think." (TacituB.) 9. It was said of Andrew Fletcher, "He would have died to serve his country; but he would not do a base thing to save it." 10. "Rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." * * * "The honest man, though e'er... | |
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He would lose his life to serve his country, but he would not do a base thing to save it. 
