 | William Mathews - 1878 - 464 pages
...saw a revolution brought about by of davits; an army employed in executing an arrest; a town besieged on a note of hand; a prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was that they exhibited a government which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic... | |
 | 1884 - 1108 pages
...a revolution brought about by affidavits, an array employed in executing an arrest, a town besieged on a note of hand, a prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was, they united tho mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic of a merchant's countinghouse, wielding... | |
 | Richard Claverhouse Jebb - 1893 - 510 pages
...revolution brought about by affidavits ; an army employed in executing an arrest ; a town besieged on a note of hand ; a prince dethroned for the balance...they exhibited a Government which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre, and the little traffic of a mer1 Vol. I. p. 180. " Quarterly Review, vol.... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - 1901 - 614 pages
...revolution brought about by affidavits ; an army employed in executing an arrest ; a town besieged on a note of hand ; a prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was that they exhibited a government which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic... | |
 | W. V. Byars - 1901 - 616 pages
...revolution brought about by affidavits ; an army employed in executing an arrest ; a town besieged on a note of hand ; a prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was that they exhibited a government which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1902 - 424 pages
...a revolution brought about by affidavits, an army employed in executing an arrest, a town besieged on a note of hand, a prince dethroned for the balance...they exhibited a government which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic of a merchant's countinghouse, wielding a truncheon... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1902 - 206 pages
...revolution brought about by affidavits ! an army employed in executing an arrest ! a town besieged on a note of hand ! a prince dethroned for the balance...they exhibited a government, which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic of a merchant's counting-house — wielding a truncheon... | |
 | 1884 - 1104 pages
...a revolution brought about by affidavits, an array employed in executing an arrest, a town besieged on a note of hand, a prince dethroned for the balance of an account. Thus it was, they united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic of a merchant's countinghouse, wielding... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1848 - 578 pages
...revolution brought about by affidavits ; an army employed in executing an arrest ; a town besieged on a note of hand ; a prince dethroned for the balance...they exhibited a government which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic of a merchant's counting-house, — wielding a truncheon... | |
 | 1884 - 1108 pages
...a revolution brought about by affidavits, an army employed in executing an arrest, a town besieged on a note of hand, a prince dethroned for the balance of au account. Thus it was, they united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic of... | |
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Alike in the political and the military line could be observed auctioneering ambassadors and trading generals ; — and thus we saw a revolution brought about by affidavits ; an army employed in executing an arrest ; a town besieged on a note of hand... 
