 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1896 - 546 pages
...Private credit is wealth ; public honor is security ; the feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight ; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth." The sensation Junius created in the political world may be inferred from the manner in which... | |
 | James Thomas Edwards - 1896 - 304 pages
...Private credit is wealth. Public honor is security ; the feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight ; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth." Literature, both ancient and modern, would be shorn of much of its force and beauty if robbed... | |
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...Private credit is wealth ; public honor is security ; the feather that adorns the royal bird supports its air ornament? h. Merchant of Venice. Act III. Sc. 2. L. earth. A. JUNIUS — Affair of the Falkland Islands. Vol. I. Letter XLII. Blest paper-credit ! last... | |
 | Education - 1895 - 696 pages
...her silver mantle over the darkness. The feathers that adorn the royal bird (the king) support its (his) flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth. "Coming events cast their shadows before." He is master of the situation. More sail than ballast.... | |
 | Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...Private credit is wealth; public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports its flight; strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth. Letters ofJuniut. Letter xlii. Affair of the Falkland Itiands. 'Tis well to be merry and wise,... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1902 - 450 pages
...Their real honor and interest are the same. . . . The feather that adorns the royal bird supports ite flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth." 19211 condition that makes the plan itself ineffectual and, as far as it operates, defeats... | |
 | Junius - English letters - 1907 - 172 pages
...is wealth; — public honour is security. — The feather that adorns the royal bird, supports its flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth. JUNTOS. TO LORD CHIEF JUSTICE MANSFIELD 2nd November 1771. At the intercession of three of your... | |
 | Charles Assheton Whately Pownall - Colonial administrators - 1805 - 620 pages
...Private credit is wealth — public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage and you fix him to the earth. Having seen his views of the Sovereign's position and action we will now shew how faithfully... | |
 | Charles Assheton Whately Pownall - Massachusetts - 1908 - 622 pages
...Private credit is wealth — public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage and you fix him to the earth. Having seen his views of the Sovereign's position and action we will now shew how faithfully... | |
 | Alexander Malcolm Williams - English language - 1909 - 454 pages
...Private credit is wealth ; public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth ". (7) It adds to the effect of wit or epigram, and in itself may constitute point : " He is... | |
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Private credit is wealth ; public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth. 
