 | 1846 - 386 pages
...should be adjudged by twelve men, six of each. And he declares his intention " to leave myself and my successors no power of doing mischief ; that the will...one man may not hinder the good of a whole country." This constitution, as originally organised by Penn, consisted, says Mr. Clarkson, " of a Governor,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1847 - 732 pages
...of liberty and privilege, I purpose ¡hut rrliicli is extraordinary, and leave myself and successor no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country." 6. General 123. 5Í'he general character of the laws submitted by Penn to 'и^еш'"^ "*e eo'on'sts... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1847 - 680 pages
...matters of liberty and privilege, I purpose that which it extraordinary, and leave myself and successor no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole conntry." 12S. 'The general character of the laws submitted by Penn to the colonists for their free... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1847 - 550 pages
...propose that which is extraordinary, and to leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief ; so that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country." " My God, who has given it [Pennsylvania] to me through many difficulties, will, I believe, bless and... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1847 - 546 pages
...propose that which is extraordinary, and to leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief ; so that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country." " My God, who has given it [Pennsylvania] to me through many difficulties, will, I believe, bless and... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1849 - 444 pages
...matters of liberty and privilege (alluding to these articles), I purpose that which is extraordinary, and leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief,...one man may not hinder the good of a whole country." The Conditions and Frame of Government having been mutually signed, three ships full of passengers... | |
 | John Arthur Roebuck - 1849 - 276 pages
...adopt it. " I purpose," he said, " for the matter of liberty — that which is extraordinary — to leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief;...that the will of one man may not hinder the good of the whole country." This was in reality the great benefit he rendered this new people — he stood... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1849 - 592 pages
...matter of , liberty and Ap"' privilege," ho pronounced " extraordinary," leaving to himself and his successors "no power of doing mischief — that the will of. one man may not hinder the good of the whole country." The proposal of laws and the executive authority, according to this frame, were... | |
 | William Hepworth Dixon - 1851 - 520 pages
...name a street-sweeper or a parish-constable. " I purpose," he explained to an intimate friend, " to leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief,...will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country."3 The assembly established courts of justice for each county with the proper officers to each... | |
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1852 - 746 pages
...and privilege" which it contained ; and because, he further states, of its leaving to himself and his successors " no power of doing mischief — that the will of one man may not hinder the good of the whole country." By this " frame" or constitution of Penn, the executive authority and the proposal... | |
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I purpose that which is extraordinary, and to leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country... 
