 | John Foster - 1844 - 432 pagina’s
...which all the so much admired checks of our constitution were not able to prevent. How vain, then, how idle, how presumptuous is the opinion that laws...it, that measures, not men, are to be attended to !"—P. 20. The historian appears to have examined a great deal of evidence on the subject of the pretended... | |
 | Independent Whig, Andrew SCOTT (Member of the Merchant Company, Edinburgh.) - 1845 - 420 pagina’s
...vol. ii. no guarantees of treaties or statutes would afford a genuine security." " How vain, then, how idle, how presumptuous is the opinion, that laws...maxim founded upon it, that measures, not men, are to he attended to! The fact is, that the nation was so wearied with changes as not to feel, or so subdued... | |
 | Armand Carrel, Charles James Fox - 1846 - 498 pagina’s
...to prevent. How vain, then, how idle, how presumptuous, is the opinion that laws can do everything! and how weak and pernicious the maxim founded upon...it, that measures, not men, are to be attended to. The first years of this reign, under the administration of Southampton and Clarendon, form by far the... | |
 | 1852 - 782 pagina’s
...to prevent. How vain, then, how idle, how presumptuous is the opinion that laws can do everything ! and how weak and pernicious the maxim founded upon it, that measures, not men, are to be attended to !" Again, there is another passage which might have been weighed with advantage, when he arrived at,... | |
 | Jean Louis de Lolme - 1853 - 438 pagina’s
...intended, and in reality pave the way to its ruin.* lion were not able to prevent. How vain, then — how idle— how presumptuous is the opinion, that...it, that measures, not men, are to be attended to." — History of James II. p. 21. — Ed. How logical and practical ! Without the proper men, we never... | |
 | Jean Louis de Lolme - 1853 - 416 pagina’s
...in reality pave the way to its ruin.* tion were not able to prevent. How vain, then—how idle—how presumptuous is the opinion, that laws can do every...upon it, that measures, not men, are to be attended to."—History of James II. p. 21.—Ed. * Instead of looking for the principles of politics in their... | |
 | Jean Louis de Lolme - 1853 - 474 pagina’s
...way to its ruin.* tion were not able to prevent. How vain, then — how idle — how presumptuous ie the opinion, that laws can do every thing ; and how...it, that measures, not men, are to be attended to." — History of James II. p. 21. — Ed. How logical and practical ! Without the proper men, we never... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 490 pagina’s
...to prevent. How vain, then, how idle, how presumptuous is the opinion that laws can do everything ! And how weak and pernicious the maxim founded upon it, that measures, not men, are to be attended to."f The sentiments of an eminent Scotch Judge with respect to * [A History of the. Early Part of... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 490 pagina’s
...to prevent. How vain, then, how idle, how presumptuous is the opinion that laws can do everything ! And how weak and pernicious the maxim founded upon it, that measures, not men, are to be attended to."f The sentiments of an eminent Scotch Judge with respect to * [.-1 ll',xivnj of the Early Part... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 496 pagina’s
...to prevent. How vain, then, how idle, how presumptuous is the opinion that laws can do everything I And how weak and pernicious the maxim founded upon it, that measures, not men, are to be attended to."f The sentiments of an eminent Scotch Judge with respect to the Act 1701, (which has been called... | |
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How vain then, how idle, how presumptuous, is the opinion, that laws can do every thing ! and how weak and pernicious the maxim founded upon it, that measures, not men, are to be attended to... 
