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... attempt to combine , with the toilsome duties of a profession , attention to the working of any political movement , imposes too severe a strain upon the mental energies . I have , perhaps , taken my fair share in the labours and ...
... attempt to combine , with the toilsome duties of a profession , attention to the working of any political movement , imposes too severe a strain upon the mental energies . I have , perhaps , taken my fair share in the labours and ...
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... three countries , the necessity of some such measure would be abundantly proved by the magnitude and multiplicity of business which the demands of the progress of our social system impose upon the assembly which now attempts to 12.
... three countries , the necessity of some such measure would be abundantly proved by the magnitude and multiplicity of business which the demands of the progress of our social system impose upon the assembly which now attempts to 12.
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... attempts to transact the business of them all- business which would give ample employment to the energies of three separate legislatures . The demand for a National Parliament rests , indeed , upon higher and more sacred grounds . Of ...
... attempts to transact the business of them all- business which would give ample employment to the energies of three separate legislatures . The demand for a National Parliament rests , indeed , upon higher and more sacred grounds . Of ...
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... . Nevertheless I believe it is essential to the cause of " Federalism " that some practical design of a Federal Con- stitution should be offered for the consideration of the public . If I attempt to sketch that design , it is 18.
... . Nevertheless I believe it is essential to the cause of " Federalism " that some practical design of a Federal Con- stitution should be offered for the consideration of the public . If I attempt to sketch that design , it is 18.
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... attempt to sketch that design , it is not from the vain imagination that I can offer it in the precise shape which it is likely ultimately to assume . The outline I suggest is intended rather as a framework for suggestion and ...
... attempt to sketch that design , it is not from the vain imagination that I can offer it in the precise shape which it is likely ultimately to assume . The outline I suggest is intended rather as a framework for suggestion and ...
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Page 106 - From that moment, as by a charm, the tumults subsided ; obedience was restored ; peace, order, and civilization, followed in the train of liberty. When the day-star of the English constitution had arisen in their hearts, all was harmony within and without — Simul alba nautis, Stella refulsit, Defluit saxis agitatus humor ; Concidunt venti, fugiuntque nubes, Et minax (quod sic voluere) ponto Unda recumbit.
Page 100 - ... they were brought to such wretchedness as that any stony heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them ; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 71 - Marry so there have been divers good plots devised, and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm : but they say, it is the fatal destiny of that land, that no purposes whatsoever which are meant for her good, will prosper or take good effect...
Page 100 - ... after, insomuch as the very carcasses they spared not to scrape out of their graves ; and if they found a plot of watercresses or shamrocks, there they flocked as to a feast for the time, yet not able long to continue therewithal; that in short space there were none almost left, and a most populous and plentiful country suddenly left void of man and beast...
Page 71 - He reserveth her in this unquiet state still, for some secret scourge, which shall by her come unto England, it is hard to be known, but yet much to be feared.
Page 100 - ... yet thus being kept from manurance and their cattle from running abroad, by this hard restraint they would quickly consume themselves, and devour one another.
Page 100 - Munster; for, notwithstanding that the same was a most rich and plentiful country, full of corn and cattle, that you would have thought they should have been able to stand long, yet ere one year and a half they were brought to such wretchedness, as that any stony heart would have rued the same. Out of every corner of the woods and...
Page 20 - Imperial expenditure: to leave to an Imperial Parliament the power of dealing with all questions affecting the Imperial Crown and Government, legislation regarding the Colonies and other dependencies of the Crown, the relations of the United Empire with Foreign States, and all matters appertaining to the defence and stability of the Empire at large; to attain such an adjustment of the relations between the two countries, without any interference with the prerogatives of the Crown, or any disturbance...
Page 20 - Ireland, while leaving to the imperial parliament the power of dealing with all questions affecting the imperial crown and government, legislation regarding the colonies and other dependencies of the crown, the...
Page 20 - To obtain for our country the right and privilege of managing our own affairs, by a parliament assembled in Ireland, composed of her Majesty the sovereign, and her successors, and the Lords and Commons of Ireland ; To secure for that parliament, under a federal arrangement, the right of legislating for and regulating all matters relating to the internal affairs of Ireland, and control...