 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
 | John Richard Green - 1880 - 562 pages
...expansion of the English race. Cook in fact pointed out the fitness of New Holland for English settlement ; and projects of its occupation, and of the colonization...dominion, the monopoly of whose trade was reserved to the mother-country, a source of boundless wealth. The trade with America alone was, CHAP. I. England and... | |
 | Montagu Burrows - 1880 - 278 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... | |
 | Egerton Ryerson - 1880 - 576 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 with each other, they ought all to be subordinate... | |
 | Thomas Hay Sweet Escott - 1880 - 652 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." There can be little doubt that it is upon the degree of fidelity with which the mother country fulfills... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1880 - 552 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... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1881 - 512 pages
...their country's attitude. Great as Britain seemed to Burke, it was now in itself ".but part of a "Teat empire, extended by our virtue and our fortune to...dominion, the monopoly of whose trade was reserved to the mother-country, a source of boundless wealth. The trade with America alone was, in 1772, within less... | |
 | John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1881 - 558 pages
...single generation, is clearly stated, though the far-reaching bearing of the statement is not grasped. Its people, steeped in the commercial ideas of the...the mother country, a source of boundless wealth. To secure this monopoly, she began by oppressing her own colonies, and ended in setting herself against... | |
 | Great orators - 1881 - 242 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... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1883 - 546 pages
...but part of a great empire, extended hy our virtue and our fortune to the furthest limits of the cast and the west." Its parliament no longer looked on...dominion, the monopoly of whose trade was reserved to the mother-country, a source of boundless wealth. The trade with America alone was, England and its Empire.... | |
 | Guglielmo Rapinet - 1883 - 236 pages
...other, and, I think, her nobler capacity, is what I call her imperial character, in which, as from a throne of heaven, she superintends all the several...and controls them all, without annihilating any." To explain more fully the glowing language of the great Irish orator, it is necessary to observe, that... | |
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