 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 I think her nobler capacity,...  History of the English People - Page 249de John Richard Green - 1882Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 pages
...instrument than the executive power. The other, and, I think, her nobler capacity, is what I call her ther is it true that the body so qualified, and having...this accumulated matter is, whether you will choose t As all these provincial legislatures are only co-ordinate to each other, they ought all to be subordinate... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1877 - 582 pages
...instrument than the executive power. The other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I call her imperial character ; in which, as from the throne...guides and controls them all without annihilating any. As all these provincial legislatures are only coordinate to each other, they ought all to be subordinate... | |
 | 1878 - 630 pages
...instrument than the executive power ; the other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I may call her Imperial character, in which, as from the throne of...and controls them all, without annihilating any.'* It must be admitted that there is a genuine ring about these characteristic lines. Let us note the... | |
 | 1878 - 620 pages
...instrument than tho executive power; the other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I may call her Imperial character, in which, as from the throne of...and controls them all, without annihilating any.'* It must be admitted that there is a genuine ring about these characteristic lines. Let us note the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1878 - 832 pages
...local legislature of this island, " The other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I call her imperial character, in which, as from the throne of...guides and controls them all without annihilating any." The peroration of this speech is one of the brightest specimens of Burke's power in a direct appeal... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1883 - 396 pages
...instrument than the executive power. The other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I call her imperial character ; in which, as from the throne...the several inferior legislatures, and guides and controuls them all, without annihilating any. As all these provincial legislatures are only co-ordinate... | |
 | 1878 - 646 pages
...instrument than the executive power ; the other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I may call her Imperial character, in which, as from the throne of...superintends all the several inferior legislatures, nnd guides and controls them all, without annihilating any. ' * It must be admitted that there is a... | |
 | 1878 - 618 pages
...nobler capacity, is what I may call her Imperial character, in which, as from the throne of he&ven, she superintends all the several inferior legislatures,...and controls them all, without annihilating any.'* It must be admitted that there is a genuine ring about these characteristic lines. Let us note the... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1879 - 390 pages
...instrument than the executive power. The other, and I think her nobler capacity, is what I call her imperial character; in which, as from the throne of...guides and controls them all without annihilating any. As all these provincial legislatures are only co-ordinate to each other, they ought all to be subordinate... | |
 | Fennings Taylor - 1879 - 216 pages
...INSTRUMENT THAN THE EXECUTIVE POWER ; THE OTHER, AND I THINK HER NOBLER CAPACITY, IS WHAT I MAY CALL HER IMPERIAL CHARACTER, IN WHICH, AS FROM THE THRONE OF...GUIDES AND CONTROLS THEM ALL WITHOUT ANNIHILATING ANY.—Burke's speech on American Taxation, Vol. /, page 156, of his "Select Works," edited by EJPayne,... | |
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