Essays, moral and political, Volume 1John Murray, 1832 - Great Britain |
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... fact is , that the Constitution is not to be found in the Statute Book : .. we have no nine - and- hirty articles of state . The history of our govern- ment is like that of our common law . A system has grown up among us unlike that of ...
... fact is , that the Constitution is not to be found in the Statute Book : .. we have no nine - and- hirty articles of state . The history of our govern- ment is like that of our common law . A system has grown up among us unlike that of ...
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... fact being overlooked , that there is always a party in that House whose business it is to vilify and harass the ministry , and to impede and thwart all their measures . It is true , that statutes have been framed to prevent the crown ...
... fact being overlooked , that there is always a party in that House whose business it is to vilify and harass the ministry , and to impede and thwart all their measures . It is true , that statutes have been framed to prevent the crown ...
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... fact so notorious that it might seem superfluous to assert it . If at any time within our memory it has been otherwise , ( as in truth it was during the Pitt and Grenville admi- nistration , ) it must be remembered that revolu- tionary ...
... fact so notorious that it might seem superfluous to assert it . If at any time within our memory it has been otherwise , ( as in truth it was during the Pitt and Grenville admi- nistration , ) it must be remembered that revolu- tionary ...
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... fact produced by them . The French are fond of reminding us of Carthage ; we should do well ourselves to bear in mind the history of its fall , .. not with any reference to external danger , which we may despise as long as we have sense ...
... fact produced by them . The French are fond of reminding us of Carthage ; we should do well ourselves to bear in mind the history of its fall , .. not with any reference to external danger , which we may despise as long as we have sense ...
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Robert Southey. probability in fact is on the other side , and as the arguments for the abolition of sinecures lie on the surface , it so happens that we need not go deeper for the arguments against it . The emoluments of office , almost ...
Robert Southey. probability in fact is on the other side , and as the arguments for the abolition of sinecures lie on the surface , it so happens that we need not go deeper for the arguments against it . The emoluments of office , almost ...
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Page 357 - That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"?
Page 403 - And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us ; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Page 356 - Sir, quoth he, and I may remember the building of Tenterton steeple, and I may remember when there was no steeple at all there. And before that Tenterton steeple was in building, there was no manner of speaking of any flats or sands that stopped the haven ; and therefore I think that Tenterton steeple is the cause of the destroying and decay of Sandwich haven.
Page 335 - ... war consisteth not in actual fighting, but in the known disposition thereto, during all the time there is no assurance to the contrary. All other time is peace.
Page 178 - Humble and rustic life was generally chosen because in that condition the essential passions of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity, are less under restraint, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language...
Page 83 - So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Page 11 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 90 - A man who is born into a world already possessed, if he cannot get subsistence from his parents on whom he has a just demand, and if the society do not want his labour, has no claim of right to the smallest portion of food, and, in fact, has no business to be where he is. At nature's mighty feast there is no vacant cover for him. She tells him to be gone, and will quickly execute her own orders...
Page 355 - More saw this aged man, he thought it expedient to hear him say his mind in this matter, for, being so old a man, it was likely that he knew most of any man in that presence and company. So Master More called this old aged man unto him, and said, father...
Page 206 - The tears into his eyes were brought. And thanks and praises seemed to run So fast out of his heart, I thought They never would have done. — I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.