 we trust even at this hour, small as our army is ; to that virtue we must have trusted, had this bill been modelled as its warmest opposers could have wished ; and without this virtue, should the lords, the commons, and the people of England entrench...  The history of England - Seite 231von Tobias George Smollett - 1827Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Almon - 1810 - 474 Seiten
...by the virtue of the army. It is to that virtue we even at this time trust, small as our army is; it is to that virtue we must have trusted, had this bill...find a passage to the vitals of the constitution.' A petition from the city of Glasgow, praying to be reimbursed the sum of ten thousand pounds, extorted... | |
 | David Hume - 1810 - 572 Seiten
...wished ; and without " this virtue, should the lords, the commons, and the peo" pie of England intrench themselves, behind parchment " up to the teeth, the...violent contest. Upon the question whether officers on half pay had not been subject to martial law, the judges were consulted and divided in their sentiments.... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1810 - 576 Seiten
...wished ; and without " this virtue, should the lords, the commons, and the peo". pie of England intrench themselves behind parchment " up to the teeth, the...violent contest. Upon the question whether officers on half pay had not been subject to martial law, the judges were consulted and divided in their sentiments.... | |
 | John Almon - 1810 - 470 Seiten
...by the virtue of the army. It is to that virtue we even at this time trust, small as our army is; it is to that virtue we must have trusted, had this bill...find a passage to the vitals of the constitution.' A petition from the city of Glasgow, praying to be reimbursed the sum of ten thousand pounds, extorted... | |
 | 1811 - 676 Seiten
...father of political wisdom (Lord Chatham) say to the Parliament of England, ** entrench yourselves in parchment up to the teeth, the sword will find a passage to the vitals of the constitution." As good a republican as ever sat on that floor, Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, had dissolved his political... | |
 | 1811 - 658 Seiten
...the commons, and the people of England, may intrench themselves behind parchment up to the teeth, but the sword will find a passage to the vitals of the constitution." There is an elegant little pamphlet, published in 1775, supposed to be the production of a uoble lord... | |
 | David Hume - 1819 - 400 Seiten
...wished; and without this virtue, should the lords, the commons, and the people of England intrench themselves behind parchment up to the teeth, the sword...the constitution." All the disputed articles of the hill being sustained on the shoulders of a great majority, it was conveyed to the upper house, where... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1836 - 840 Seiten
...wished ; and without this virtue, should the lords, the commons, and the people of England intrench themselves behind parchment up to the teeth, the sword...upper house, where it excited another violent contest : on the question whether officers on half-pay bad not been subject to martial law, the judges were... | |
 | Sir James Mackintosh - 1840 - 446 Seiten
...distance of time, by the editor of the " Parliamentary History." 1750. INCONSISTENCIES OP PITT. 287 the teeth, the sword will find a passage to the vitals of the constitution." All the arguments in defence of standing armies exhibit similar contradictions. The necessity of interweaving... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1841 - 540 Seiten
...depended on the moderation of the sovereign, and the virtue of the army" — "that, without these virtues, should the Lords, the Commons, and the people of England...find a passage to the vitals of the constitution." In the course of this session he mentioned repeatedly his great fear of Jacobitism and his dread of... | |
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