 | Augustine Birrell - 1887 - 312 páginas
...bit of his mind. Sir Adam had innocently enough observed that the Crown had too much power. Thereupon Johnson : — ' Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig....not bear it. If a ' sovereign oppresses his people, they will rise ' and cut off his head. There is a remedy ' in human nature against tyranny that will... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 páginas
...'But, sir, in the British Constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, pious to preserve a certain reverence for the manes...RICHARD STEELE. drawn themselves from the rest of the Í The Crown has not power enough.' " One of the old philosophers, Lord Bacon tells us, used to say... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - 608 páginas
...But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown." JOHNSON....his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 454 páginas
...But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so to preserve a balance against the crown. JOHNSON....his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 504 páginas
...But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so to preserve a balance against the crown. JOHNSON....power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. If asovereign oppresses his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 494 páginas
...against the crown." JOHNSON. "Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig.1 Why all this childish jealously of the power of the crown? The crown has not power...his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep rs safe under any form... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 páginas
...But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown." JOHNSON...governments are alike, I consider that in no government can power be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. If a sovereign oppresses his people to a great... | |
 | AUGUSTINE BIRRELL - 1891 - 350 páginas
...bit of his mind. Sir Adam had innocently enough observed that the Crown had too much power. Thereupon Johnson: — ' Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig....not bear it . If a sovereign oppresses his people, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny that will keep... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 934 páginas
...But, sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown.' JOHNSON...power of the crown ? The crown has not power enough.' " One of the old philosophers, Lord Bacon tells us, used to say that life and death were just the same... | |
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But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown." JOHNSON. "Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the crown?... 
