 ... the effect of the divine disposition, it is bound by the eternal laws of Him that gave it, with which no human authority can dispense; neither he that exercises it, nor even those who are subject to it: and if they were mad enough to make an express...  The Works of Edmund Burke: With a Memoir - Page 325by Edmund Burke - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1827 - 608 pages
...it : and, if they were mad enough to make an express compact, that should release their magistrate from his duty, and should declare their lives, liberties,...and properties dependent upon, not rules and laws, hut his mere capricious will, that covenant would be void. The acceptor of it has not his authority... | |
 | England - 1833 - 1032 pages
...liberties, and properties dependent, not upon rules or laws, but upon his mere capricious will, the Covenant would be void. The acceptor of it has not his authority increased, but hi* crime doubled. " The title of conquest makes no difference. No conquest can givn such a right ;... | |
 | Scotland - 1833 - 1056 pages
...properties dependent, not upon rules or laws, but upon his mere capricious will, the Covenant ivould be void. The acceptor of it has not his authority increased, but his crime doubled. "The title of conquest makes no difference. No conquest can givo such a right ;... | |
 | George Croly - 1840 - 612 pages
...liberties, and properties dependent, not upon rules or laws, but upoii his mere capricious will, the Covenant would be void. The acceptor of it has not his authority increased, but his crime doubled. " The title of conquest makes no difference. No conquest can give such a right ;... | |
 | George Croly - Politicians - 1840 - 334 pages
...liberties, and properties dependent, not upon rules or laws, but upon his mere capricious will, the Covenant would be void. The acceptor of it has not his authority increased, but his crime doubled. " The title of conquest makes no difference. No conquest can give such a right ;... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1841 - 548 pages
...it : and, if they were mad enough to make an express compact, that should release their magistrate from his duty, and should declare their lives, liberties,...can it be imagined, if this be true, that he will sufler this great ift of government, the greatest, the best, that was ever given y God to mankind,... | |
 | 1842 - 954 pages
...lease the magistrate from his duty, and declare their liberties dependent upon his capricious will, the covenant would be void. The acceptor of it has not his authority increased, but his crime doubled. Men cannot covenant themselves out of their rights and their duties, and there is... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 554 pages
...it : and, if they were mad enough to make an express compact, that should release their magistrate from his duty, and should declare their lives, liberties,...imagined, if this be true, that he will suffer this great fift of government, the greatest, the best, that was ever given y God to mankind, to be the plaything... | |
 | Thomas Chisholm Anstey - Constitutional history - 1845 - 484 pages
...People were mad enough, to make an express Contract, that should release their Magistrate from his Duty, that Covenant would be void. The Acceptor of it has not his Authority increased, but his Crime doubled. Those who give, perform acts, — that are void as they are given, — good and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...it ; and, if they were mad enough to make an express compact, that should release their magistrate from his duty, and should declare their lives, liberties...mere capricious will, that covenant would be void. This arbitrary power is not to be had by conquest. Nor can any sovereign have it by succession; for... | |
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