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Hume quaintly observes , “ The king had afterwards full leisure to repent this
exercise of his authority . ” But the fact deserves inore serious consideration , as
one of those remarkable passages in history , which prove on what apparently
trivial ...
Hume quaintly observes , “ The king had afterwards full leisure to repent this
exercise of his authority . ” But the fact deserves inore serious consideration , as
one of those remarkable passages in history , which prove on what apparently
trivial ...
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In the smaller towns of the northern states , the inhabitants choose annually “
Select men , ” from three to nine in number , in whom the municipal authority is
chiefly vested . They usually act on their own responsibility , carrying out
principles ...
In the smaller towns of the northern states , the inhabitants choose annually “
Select men , ” from three to nine in number , in whom the municipal authority is
chiefly vested . They usually act on their own responsibility , carrying out
principles ...
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It cannot be doubted that the spirit of the nation , the passions of the multitude ,
and the provincial prejudices of each state tend to abridge the power of a federal
government so constituted , and to facilitate the means of resistance to its
authority ...
It cannot be doubted that the spirit of the nation , the passions of the multitude ,
and the provincial prejudices of each state tend to abridge the power of a federal
government so constituted , and to facilitate the means of resistance to its
authority ...
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But throughout the sacred volume which inculcates these lessons , in conformity
with our daily experience , diversities of station , of intelligence , of authority , and
of wealth , are acknowledged . It represents the possessors of these things as ...
But throughout the sacred volume which inculcates these lessons , in conformity
with our daily experience , diversities of station , of intelligence , of authority , and
of wealth , are acknowledged . It represents the possessors of these things as ...
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dict affecting property , liberty , or life , while they are almost unanimously
chewing bread and cheese , not only is there a breach of good manners , but
there is danger that persons in authority and that justice herself will be less
reverenced .
dict affecting property , liberty , or life , while they are almost unanimously
chewing bread and cheese , not only is there a breach of good manners , but
there is danger that persons in authority and that justice herself will be less
reverenced .
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Página 140 - What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Página 10 - Was it the winter's storm, beating upon the houseless heads of women and children ; was it hard labor and spare meals ; was it disease ; was it the tomahawk ; was it the deep malady of a blighted hope- a ruined enterprise, and a broken heart, aching in its last moments, at the recollection of the loved and left beyond the sea ; was it some, or all of these united, that hurried this forsaken company to their melancholy fate...
Página 58 - But authoritative instructions; mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly to obey, to vote, and to argue for, though contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgment and conscience, these are things utterly unknown to the laws of this land, and which arise from a fundamental mistake of the whole order and tenor of our Constitution.
Página 178 - Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Página 9 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc. Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Página 64 - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king : and meddle not with them that are given to change...
Página 153 - It is a melancholy truth that a suppression of the press could not more completely deprive the nation of its benefits than is done by its abandoned prostitution to falsehood. Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.
Página 122 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches : but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth : for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Página 148 - The state of civil society, which necessarily generates this aristocracy, is a state of nature; and much more truly so than a savage and incoherent mode of life. For man is by nature reasonable ; and he is never perfectly in his natural state, but when he is placed where reason may be best cultivated, and most predominates.
Página 166 - But ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger ; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth ? is not he that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as he that serveth.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | A Comparative View of the Constitutions of Great Britain and the United States of America: In Six Lectures |
| Autor | Peter Freeland Aiken |
| Editor | Longman and Company, 1842 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 4 Dic. 2006 |
| Largo | 192 páginas |
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