| William Pittenger - 1872 - 236 páginas
...boast of an Englishman. A single passage is all that remains, but it will not soon be forgotten : " The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to...forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof mayshake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the... | |
| William Lennie - 1872 - 248 páginas
...Necessity is the argument of tyrants. The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth. The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the crown. Judge not according to the appearance. A borrower is servant to the lender. Drowsiness... | |
| Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1874 - 904 páginas
...constitutional history of England that we cannot refrain from copying the account in the note below.i all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail ; its...dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement." And see Lieber on Civil Liberty and Self-Government, c. 6. i "Among the remnants of a jurisprudence... | |
| Charles Knight - 1874 - 560 páginas
...Chatham was las true in the eleventh century as in the eighteenth : " The poorest man in his cottage may bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail ; its roof may shake ; the storm may enter it ; but the king of England cannot enter it. All his Dower dares not cross the threshold... | |
| John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 páginas
...Necessity is the argument of tyrants,1 it is the creed of slaves. Speech on the India Bill. Nov. 1783. The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the crown. It may be frail ; its roof may shake ; the wind may blow through it ; the storms... | |
| Alexander Mackie - 1874 - 442 páginas
...foreign strand ?" In England, with all her faults, in the words of Lord Chatham, one can say — " The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it ; the storms... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on War Claims - 1875 - 448 páginas
...English law, that " every man's house is his castle," by a brilliant enlogy, in which he said of it : " The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to...enter, the rain may enter, but the King of England cannot enter ; all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the mined tenement." 1532 Story Const,,... | |
| John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - 558 páginas
...Chatham, the very soul of grandeur and intensity, is an instance : " The poorest man in his cottage may bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may...the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter it; but the King of England can not enter it. All his power dares not cross the threshold of that ruined... | |
| Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 páginas
...bursts ( 01' his eloquence. ( " Tne poorest man in his cottage may bid defiance to all the force* 1 retaliate, or even to defend. Had a conflict once beaun, it ; but the King of England can not enter it .' Alljiia power dares not cross the threshold of that... | |
| John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 páginas
...landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms, never — never — never. Speech, Nov. 18, 1777. The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the crown. It may be frail ; its roof may shake ; the wind may blow through it ; the storms... | |
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