The parliament of Great Britain sits at the head of her extensive empire in two capacities : one as the local legislature of this island, providing for all things at home, immediately, and by no other instrument than the executive power. The other, and... Six Months in the West Indies, in 1825 - Página 294por Henry Nelson Coleridge - 1826 - 328 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1886 - 988 páginas
...call her imperial character, in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several legislatures, and guides and controls them all without...these provincial legislatures are only co-ordinate with each other, they ought • Burke, Sjieech on Conciliation nith America, p. 191. » 2 P. Wins.,... | |
| 1887 - 842 páginas
...at home, immediately and by no other instrument than the executive power. The other, and I think the nobler capacity, is what I call her imperial character;...these provincial legislatures are only co-ordinate to eacli other, they ought all to be subordinate to her ; else they can neither preserve mutual peace... | |
| James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) - 1887 - 424 páginas
...call her Imperial character, in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends all the several Legislatures, and guides and controls them all without...these provincial Legislatures are only co-ordinate with each other, they ought all to be subordinate to her, else they can neither preserve mutual peace,... | |
| John Richard Green - 1889 - 944 páginas
...the change in their country's attitude. In the words of Burke, the Parliament of Britain claimed "an imperial character in which as from the throne of...and controls them all, without annihilating any." Its people, steeped in the commercial ideas of the time, saw in the growth of their vast possessions,... | |
| John Richard Green - 1889 - 954 páginas
...the change in their country's attitude. In the'words of Burke, the Parliament of Britain claimed " an imperial character in which as from the throne of...and controls them all, without annihilating any." Its people, steeped in the commercial ideas of the time, saw in the growth of their vast possessions,... | |
| Hannis Taylor - 1889 - 672 páginas
...elaborate a theory which, in the gorgeous language of Burke, clothed the English parliament with an " imperial character, in which, as from the throne of...guides and controls them all without annihilating any."2 In the hands of a practical tax-loving statesman like Grenville this imperial theory was not... | |
| Hannis Taylor - 1889 - 642 páginas
...executive power. The other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I call her imperial diameter ; in which, as from the throne of heaven, she superintends...guides and controls them all without annihilating any." 1 A third and higher capacity still in which the English parliament may be viewed is that in which... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1892 - 294 páginas
...these rights, to be just the most reconcilable things in the world. The Parliament of Great Britain sits at the head of her extensive empire in two capacities...these provincial legislatures are only co-ordinate with each other, they ought all to be subordinate to her ; else they can neither preserve mutual peace,... | |
| James Fitzjames Stephen - 1892 - 392 páginas
...have its place. It is the local legislature of Great Britain, and also has ' her nobler capacity . . . her imperial character, in which, as from the throne...guides and controls them all without annihilating any.' His treatment of the relations between England and the American colonies is certainly the best illustration... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1892 - 400 páginas
...throne of heaven, she superintends all the several inferior legislatures, and guides and controuls them all, without annihilating any. As all these provincial legislatures are only co-ordinate with each other, they ought all to be subordinate to her ; else they can V «•« ««*-£«* ,fin>v*<****f... | |
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