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" Britain sits at the head of her extensive empire in two capacities : one as the local legislature of this island, providing for all things at home, immediately, and by no other instrument than the executive power. — The other, and I think her nobler... "
The Beauties of the Late Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Selected from the Writings ... - Page 33
by Edmund Burke - 1798 - 499 pages
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 28; Volume 91

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1878 - 832 pages
...Parliament of Great Britain sits in two capacities ; one as the local legislature of this island, " The other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what...character, in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several inferior legislatures, and guides and controls them all without annihilating...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 146

English literature - 1878 - 618 pages
...legislature of this island, providing for all things at home immediately, and by no other instrument than the executive power ; the other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I may call her Imperial character, in which, as from the throne of he&ven, she superintends all the several...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 146

English literature - 1878 - 630 pages
...legislature of this island, providing for all things at home immediately, and by no other instrument than the executive power ; the other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I may call her Imperial character, in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volumes 145-146

1878 - 646 pages
...legislature of this island, providing for all things at home immediately, and by no other instrument than the executive power ; the other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I may call her Imperial character, in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 146

English literature - 1878 - 620 pages
...legislature of this island, providing for all things at home immediately, and by no other instrument than tho executive power; the other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I may call her Imperial character, in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several...
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The cabinet of Irish literature, with biogr. sketches and literary notices ...

Charles Anderton Read - 1879 - 390 pages
...legislature of this island, providing for all things at home, immediately and by no other instrument than the executive power. The other, and I think her...character; in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several inferior legislatures, and guides and controls them all without annihilating...
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Are Legislatures Parliaments?: A Study and Review

Fennings Taylor - Canada - 1879 - 216 pages
...LEGISLATURE OF THIS ISLAND, PROVIDING FOR ALL THINGS AT HOME IMMEDIATELY, AND BY NO OTHER INSTRUMENT THAN THE EXECUTIVE POWER ; THE OTHER, AND I THINK HER NOBLER CAPACITY, IS WHAT I MAY CALL HER IMPERIAL CHARACTER, IN WHICH, AS FROM THE THRONE OF HEAVEN, SHE SUPERINTENDS ALL THE SEVERAL...
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The Loyalists of America and Their Times: from 1620 to 1816, Volume 1

Egerton Ryerson - American Confederate voluntary exiles - 1880 - 556 pages
...Legislature of this island, providing for all things at home, immediately, and by no other instrument than the executive power ; the other, and I think...character, in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several inferior Legislatures, and guides and controls them all, without annihilating...
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Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine: To which is Added the ...

William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Forensic orations - 1880 - 552 pages
...legislature of this island, providing for all things at home, immediately, and by no other instrument than the executive power. — The other, and I think...character; in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several inferior legislatures, and guides and controls them all without annihilating...
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England: Her People, Polity, and Pursuits

Thomas Hay Sweet Escott - England - 1880 - 652 pages
...legislature of this island, providing for all things at home immediately, and by no "other instrument than the executive power; the other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I may call her imperial character, in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several...
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