Historical Sketches of Statesmen who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume 1 |
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Page 8
... authority has ascribed to him a more thorough know- ledge of the duties of each several department in the state than any other man ever possessed ; and this is the tes- timony of one both singularly accurate in stating facts , and ...
... authority has ascribed to him a more thorough know- ledge of the duties of each several department in the state than any other man ever possessed ; and this is the tes- timony of one both singularly accurate in stating facts , and ...
Page 12
... authorities of no mean rank , that the sovereign , having chosen his ministers , assigns over to them the whole executive power . They treat him as a kind of trustee for a temporary use , to preserve , as it were , some contingent ...
... authorities of no mean rank , that the sovereign , having chosen his ministers , assigns over to them the whole executive power . They treat him as a kind of trustee for a temporary use , to preserve , as it were , some contingent ...
Page 17
... authority which he possessed among his contemporaries , the influence which his sound and practical wisdom exer- cised over their proceedings , the services which he was thus enabled to render in steering the constitution safe through ...
... authority which he possessed among his contemporaries , the influence which his sound and practical wisdom exer- cised over their proceedings , the services which he was thus enabled to render in steering the constitution safe through ...
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... authority ; that it was believed by those who had the best means of knowing Lord Chatham is certain ; and this of itself shows their sense of the ex- traordinary powers of his manner , and the reach of his audacity in trusting to those ...
... authority ; that it was believed by those who had the best means of knowing Lord Chatham is certain ; and this of itself shows their sense of the ex- traordinary powers of his manner , and the reach of his audacity in trusting to those ...
Page 36
... authority of the House of Commons - no man would go farther to defend it . But beyond the line of the Constitution , like every ex- ercise of arbitrary power , it becomes illegal , threaten- ing tyranny to the people , destruction to ...
... authority of the House of Commons - no man would go farther to defend it . But beyond the line of the Constitution , like every ex- ercise of arbitrary power , it becomes illegal , threaten- ing tyranny to the people , destruction to ...
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