 | Jean Louis de Lolme - Great Britain - 1775 - 462 pages
...from one kind of fubjection to another, they were at length convinced, that to attempt to eftablifh. liberty in a great Nation, by * making the people interfere in the common bufmefs of Government, ;s of all attempts the moft chimerical; that the authority of all, with which... | |
 | Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional history - 1777 - 424 pages
...the moft chimerica.1 ; that the authority of allt with which Men are, there arhufed, is in reality ho more than the -authority of a few powerful individuals, •who divide the Republic among themfelves ; and they at laft refted in the bofom of th^ only Conftitntion which is fit for a greatState... | |
 | Francis Plowden - Constitutional law - 1792 - 706 pages
...taent, is of all attempts'the moft chimerical; that the authority of all, with which men arc amufed, is in reality no more than the authority of a few...powerful individuals, who divide the republic among themfelves ; and they at laft refted in the bofom of the only conftitution, ' which is fit for a great... | |
 | Francis Plowden - Constitutional law - 1792 - 652 pages
...from one kind of fubjcction to another, they were at length convinced, that an attempt to eftablifh liberty in a great nation, by making the people interfere in the common bufinefs of government. ment, is of all attempts the moft chimerical; that the authority of all, with... | |
 | John Young (D. D., minister at Hawick, Scotland.) - Christianity and politics - 1794 - 314 pages
...attempts the moft chimerical; that the au" thority of all, with which men are amufcd, is in re" ality, no more than the authority of a few powerful " individuals who divide the republic among themlelves; " and they reftetl, at laft, in the boibm of the only " conftitution, . which is fit for... | |
 | Thomas Busby - 1816 - 274 pages
...voted by the multitude, they were made— by drawing lots," The ESSAY (p. 53) remarks, that — • " That the authority of all, with which men are amused,...who divide the republic among themselves ; and they (the English) at last rested in the bosom of the only Constitution whuh is Jit for a great Slate and... | |
 | John James M'Gregor - 1819 - 482 pages
...WITH PORTRAITS, MAPS, AND PLANS. They were at length convinced, that an attempt to establish Liherty in a great nation, by making the people interfere...attempts, the most chimerical ' that the authority of atl, with which men are amused, is in reality, no more than thp authority of a few powerful individuals,... | |
 | Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional history - 1826 - 326 pages
...without end from one kind of subjection to another. they were at length convinced, that an attempt to establish liberty in a great nation, by making the...chimerical : that the authority of all, with which men are amused,is, in reality ,no more than the authority ot a few powerful individuals, who divide the republic... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee - World history - 1835 - 364 pages
...and on from one kind of subjection to another, they were at length convinced, that to endeavour to establish liberty in a great nation, by making the...amused, is in reality no more than the authority of a fern powerful individuals, who divide the republic among them. They were obliged at last to return... | |
 | Thomas George Western, Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional law - 1838 - 628 pages
...without end from one kind of subjection to another, they were at length convinced, that an attempt to establish liberty in a great nation, by making the...government, is, of all attempts, the most chimerical (4) ; that the authority of all, with which men are amused, is in reality no more than the authority... | |
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... establish liberty in a great nation, by making the people interfere in the common business of government, is, of all attempts, the most chimerical : that the authority of all, with which men are amused, is, in reality no more than the authority of... 
