 ... in direct opposition to the declared sense of a great majority of the nation, and they should be put in force with all their rigorous provisions, if his opinion were asked by the people as to their obedience, he should tell them, that it was no longer...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Pagina 311827Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charles James Fox - 1815 - 688 pagina’s
...with all their rigorous provisions, if his opinion were asked by the people, as to their obedience, he should tell them, that it was no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence. It would, indeed, be a case of extremity alone which could justify resistance, and the only question... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1816 - 498 pagina’s
...constitution is lost! Here Mr. Sheridan repeated what Mr. Fox had stated, with respect to resistance. If a degraded and oppressed majority of the people...those bills, only as long as resistance was imprudent. They had affirmed that these bills went directly to overturn the constitution; if they were sincere... | |
 | John Watkins - 1818 - 572 pagina’s
...Windham, who had denounced it as a call to rebellion, avowed the sentiment more explicitly, and declared that if a degraded and oppressed majority of the people...those bills only as long as resistance was imprudent. How the opinion of the majority of the people was to be collected, he did not condescend to explain,... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1818 - 812 pagina’s
...with all their rigorous provisions, if his opinion were asked by the people, as to their obedience, he should tell them, that it was no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence. It would, indeed, be a case of extremity alone which could justify resistance, and the only question... | |
 | 1828 - 604 pagina’s
...provisions, if my opinion is asked by the people, as to their obedience, I shall tell thsra, that it is no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence. It will, indeed, be a case of extremity alone, that can justify resistance, and the only question will... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1828 - 598 pagina’s
...provisions, if my opinion is asked by the people, as to their obedience, I shall tell them, that it is no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence. It will, indeed, be a case of extremity alone, that can justify resistance, and the only question will... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1835 - 504 pagina’s
...all their rigorous provisions , —if his opinion were asked by the people as to their obedience , he should tell them , that it was no longer a question...said, that " if a degraded and oppressed majority ofthe people applied to him , he would advise them to acquiesce in those bills only as long as resistance... | |
 | Richard Brinsley B. Sheridan - 1842 - 588 pagina’s
...constitution is lost ! Here Mr. Sheridan repeated what Mr. Fox had stated, with respect to resistance. If a degraded and oppressed majority of the people...those bills, only as long as resistance was imprudent. They had affirmed that these bills went directly to overturn the constitution ; if they were sincere... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1842 - 584 pagina’s
...constitution is lost ! Here Mr. Sheridan repeated what Mr. Fox had stated, with respect to resistance. If a degraded and oppressed majority of the people...those bills, only as long as resistance was imprudent. They had affirmed that these bills went directly to overturn the constitution ; if they were sincere... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1843 - 744 pagina’s
...with all their rigorous provisions; if his opinion were asked by the people, as to their obedience, he should tell them, that it was no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence. It would, indeed, be a case of extremity alone which could justify resistance; and CHAP. XCV. 1795.... | |
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