 | Johannes Fritsche - 1999 - 580 страници
...merit. In 'The Character of a Trimmer', he puts it like this: This innocent word Trimmer signifieth no more than this, that if men are together in a boat,...another would make it lean as much to the contrary; it happeneth there is a third opinion of those, who conceive it would do as well, if the boat went even,... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - 1160 страници
...Advice to a Daughter ( 1 6XN I 'Behaviour and Conversation' 8 This innocent word Trimmer signifleth no more than this, that if men are together in a boat, and one part ol the company would weigh it down on one side, another would make it lean as much to the contrary.... | |
 | Glen Segell - 2000 - 110 страници
...to this activity of trimming in order to ensure an even keel: This innocent word Trimmer signifieth no more than this, That if Men are together in a Boat,...another would make it lean as much to the contrary; it happeneth there is a third option of those, who conceive it would do as well, if the Boat went even,32...... | |
 | David L. Smith - 2002 - 396 страници
...it as a strategy which would protect the nation's interests: This innocent word Trimmer signifieth no more than this, that if men are together in a boat,...another would make it lean as much to the contrary, it happneth there is a third opinion, of those who conceave it would do well, if the boat went even, without... | |
 | Melvin Jonah Lasky - 752 страници
...society. "If Men are together in a Boat," Halifax tells us, "and one part of the Company would weight it down on one side, another would make it lean as much to the contrary; it happeneth there is a third Opinion of those, who conceive it would do as well, if the Boat went even,... | |
 | Wouter Troost - 2005 - 388 страници
...Trimmer had defined his political philosophy of the middle way: this innocent word Trimmer signifieth no more than this, that if men are together in a boat, and one part of the company would weigh it down to one side, another would make it lean as much to the contrary; it happeneth there is a third opinion... | |
 | Bryan-Paul Frost, Daniel J. Mahoney - 2011 - 333 страници
..."trimmer" was given by Halifax in The Character of a Trimmer: "This innocent word Trimmer signifieth no more than this, That if Men are together in a boat,...another would make it lean as much to the contrary; it happeneth there is a third Opinion of those, who conceive it would do as well, if the Boat went even,... | |
| |
Trimmer ' signifieth no more than this, that if men are together in a boat, and one part of the company would weigh it down on one side, another would make it lean as much to the contrary ; it happeneth there is a third opinion of those who conceive... 
