 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 442 pages
...bit of his mind. Sir Adam had innocently enough observed that the Crown had too much power. Thereupon Johnson : — " Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig....not bear it. If a sovereign oppresses his people, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny that will keep... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 432 pages
...innocently enough observed that the Crown had too much power. Thereupon Johnson : — " Sir, I peroeive you are a vile Whig. Why all this childish jealousy...not bear it. If a sovereign oppresses his people, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny that will keep... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 638 pages
...But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown." JOHNSON....his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every... | |
 | James Boswell - 1900 - 928 pages
...the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown." JOHNSON: "Sir, I perceive you are avile Juvenal." In the tenth Satire one of the couplets...Yet think * jail." But after experiencing the u can power be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. If a sovereign oppresses his people to agréât... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 448 pages
...constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a halance against the crown.' JOHNSON : ' Sir, I perceive you...his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every... | |
 | James Boswell - 1901 - 500 pages
...against the crown." JOHNSON. " Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. ' Why all this childish jealously of the power of the crown? The crown has not power...his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under any form... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1902 - 346 pages
...bit of his mind. Sir Adam had innocently enough observed that the Crown had too much power. Thereupon Johnson : 'Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. Why...all ' governments are alike, I consider that in no govern' ment power can be abused long; mankind will not 'bear it. If a sovereign oppresses his people,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1902 - 96 pages
...But, sir, in the British Constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown. JOHNSON...power of the crown ? The crown has not power enough. The crown, unfortunately, had power enough to lose us the empire of America. How much more power would... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 666 pages
...advocates of reform as little better than charlatans. 2 Boswell, ii. , 170 (year 1772). He added : " When I say that all governments are alike, I consider...his people to a great degree they will rise and cut off his head." vOL. i. — 25 answered, " Because it is just the same." J If the difference between... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 pages
...But, sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown.' JOHNSON...power of the crown? The crown has not power enough.' " One of the old philosophers, Lord Bacon tells us, used to say that life and death were just the same... | |
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But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown." JOHNSON. "Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the crown?... 
