 The virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consists in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to be a control upon the people, as of late it has been taught, by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency....  The Gentleman's Magazine - Página 5511817Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1864 - 578 páginas
...2 people, till it practically comes nearly up to Burke's standard, according to whom ' the virtue, spirit, and essence of a House ' of Commons consists...in its being the express image of the ' feelings of a nation.' The examining into the working of the House of Commons naturally led Mr. May to a careful... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1865 - 572 páginas
...popular representative. This ^belongs equally to all parts of government and in all forms. The virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consists...feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to 'be a control upon the people, as of late it has beeu 'taught, by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency.... | |
 | William Edward Hearn - 1867 - 588 páginas
...in a distinct and authentic form the opinions and the wishes of his manifold subjects. "The virtue spirit and essence of a House of Commons consists...express image of the feelings of the nation."* It is in this sense, as the same great authority observes, in its quick and unfailing sympathy with the... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1870 - 552 páginas
...expresses this sentiment with admirable justness and force, — " The virtue, spirit, and essence of the House of Commons consists in its being the express...feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to be a control UPON the people, as of late has been taught by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency,... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1870 - 552 páginas
..." that a House of Commons, which in The virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons, consist in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to be a control upon the people, as of late it has been taught, by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency,... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 460 páginas
...people, and not upon the people ; and that the virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consist in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation." (Ibid. 288.)* It may be • "A vigilant and jealous eye over executory and judicial magistracy; an... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 462 páginas
...people, and not upon the people ; and that the virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consist in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation." (Ibid. 288.)* It may be * " A vigilant and jealous eye over executory and judicial magistracy; an anxious... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1872 - 458 páginas
...people, and not upon the people ; and that the virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consist in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation.'' (Ibid. 288.)* It may be * "A vigilant and jealous eye over executory and judicial magistracy; an anxious... | |
 | Hendrik Du Marchie van Voorthuysen - 1876 - 196 páginas
... THEORETISCHE BESCHOUWINGEN KI ES RE G T. The virtue, spirit and essence of a House of Commons consists...being the express image of the feelings of the nation. BURKE. THEORETISCHE BESCHOUWINGEN OVER KIESREGT. (ABT. 76 DER GRONDWET.) ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT, NA.... | |
 | 1878 - 618 páginas
...expectations that were formed of it. ' The virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons,' says Burke, ' consists in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation.' For a long period the House of Commons satisfied this condition, because it reflected the feelings... | |
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