 The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter !— all his...  Cobb of "The World": A Leader in Liberalism - Page 82by Frank Irving Cobb - 1924 - 397 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1874 - 904 pages
...constitutional history of England that we cannot refrain from copying the account in the note below.i all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail ; its...roof may shake ; the wind may blow through it ; the storm may enter ; the rain may enter ; but the king of England may not enter ; all his force dares... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1874 - 560 pages
...Chatham was las true in the eleventh century as in the eighteenth : " The poorest man in his cottage may bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail ; its roof may shake ; the storm may enter it ; but the king of England cannot enter it. All his Dower dares not cross the threshold... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...Necessity is the argument of tyrants,1 it is the creed of slaves. Speech on the India Bill. Nov. 1783. The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the crown. It may be frail ; its roof may shake ; the wind may blow through it ; the storms... | |
 | Alexander Mackie - France - 1874 - 442 pages
...foreign strand ?" In England, with all her faults, in the words of Lord Chatham, one can say — " The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it ; the storms... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on War Claims - Claims - 1875 - 448 pages
...English law, that " every man's house is his castle," by a brilliant enlogy, in which he said of it : " The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to...roof may shake, the wind may blow through it, the storm may enter, the rain may enter, but the King of England cannot enter ; all his forces dare not... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1875 - 558 pages
...Chatham, the very soul of grandeur and intensity, is an instance : " The poorest man in his cottage may bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may...roof may shake ; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter it; but the King of England can not enter it. All his power dares not cross the threshold... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - Great Britain - 1875 - 968 pages
...bursts ( 01' his eloquence. ( " Tne poorest man in his cottage may bid defiance to all the force* 1 retaliate, or even to defend. Had a conflict once beaun, storm may enter it ; but the King of England can not enter it .' Alljiia power dares not cross the... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms, never — never — never. Speech, Nov. 18, 1777. The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the crown. It may be frail ; its roof may shake ; the wind may blow through it ; the storms... | |
 | Rosamond Davenport Hill, Florence Davenport Hill - Judges - 1878 - 550 pages
...Lord Chatham's boast that every ' Englishman's house is his castle. " The poorest man," says he, ' " may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces...roof may shake, the wind may blow through ' " it, the storm may enter, the rain may enter, but the King of ' " England cannot enter. All his force dares... | |
 | William Johnson Cocker - English language - 1878 - 156 pages
...— shepherd voices." — Dickens. " Wealth has its temptations, — so has power." — Robertson. " The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the. crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storms... | |
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