...ever the same general views, has not at all times the same means, nor the same particular objects. A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is worn to rags ; the rest is entirely out of fashion. Besides, there are few statesmen so very clumsy and awkward in their...

...happened since our author wrote, which renders the Parliament less liable to the same observations now. "The power of the Crown, almost dead and rotten as prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength and far less odium, under the name of influence. An influence which operated...

...constitutional rights which prevails among a proportion of the members of both of our Houses of Parliament. The power of the Crown, almost dead and rotten as prerogative, has grown up anew with far more strength in a new quarter, which, still possessing the confidence of the people,...

...that they may be regarded, like the last set of examples, rather as forms of expression than tropes. " A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is worn to rags ; the rest is entirely out of fashion,"**" Reflections on the French Revolution. t Sublime and Beautiful,...

...that they may be regarded, like the last set of examples, rather as forms of expression than tropes. " A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is worn to rags ; the rest is entirely out of fashion,"** — a * Reflections on the French Revolution. f Sublime and Beautiful,...

...that they may be regarded, like the last set of examples, rather as forms of expression than tropes. " A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is worn to rags ; the rest is entirely out of fashion,"** * Reflections on the French Revolution. t Sublime and Beautiful,...

...such of our families as are not utterly extinguished by them. BURKE : Vindic. of Nat. Society, 1756. The power of the crown, almost dead and rotten as Prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength, and far less odium, under the name of Influence. An influence which...

...forms of a free and the ends of an arbitrary government, were things not altogether incompatible. " The power of the Crown, almost dead and rotten as prerogative, has grown up anew, with much more strength and far less odium, under the name of influence. An influence which operates...

...or rustic villages — No ! we will have her to exalt her mitred front in courts and parliaments." " A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is worn to rags ; the rest is entirely out of fashion." " No lines can be laid down for civil or political wisdom. They are...

...ever the same general views, has not at all times the same means, nor the same particular objects. A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is worn to rags ; the rest is entirely out of fashion. Besides, there are few Statesmen so very clumsy and awkward in their...