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... King of the French , but he preferred the obscurity of exile to that tenure of power which is only preserved and maiu- tained by the constant presence of military force . How far he was justified in laying down the sword , it will be ...
... King of the French , but he preferred the obscurity of exile to that tenure of power which is only preserved and maiu- tained by the constant presence of military force . How far he was justified in laying down the sword , it will be ...
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... King , a Chamber of Peers , and a Chamber of Deputies . The King proposed the laws to the Cham- bers , but before laws could be rendered valid , it was necessary to obtain the concurrence of a majority in each Chamber . The privilege of ...
... King , a Chamber of Peers , and a Chamber of Deputies . The King proposed the laws to the Cham- bers , but before laws could be rendered valid , it was necessary to obtain the concurrence of a majority in each Chamber . The privilege of ...
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... king was compelled to convoke the Chambers every year ; he could prorogue them , and dissolve the Chamber of ... king appointed the judges of the law courts , but could remove them at his pleasure . The institution of juries was ...
... king was compelled to convoke the Chambers every year ; he could prorogue them , and dissolve the Chamber of ... king appointed the judges of the law courts , but could remove them at his pleasure . The institution of juries was ...
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... king , " resounded on all sides . " Take the Duke of Orleans for your king , " said Lafitte , " liberty will be satisfied with the sacrifice of legitimacy . Order will thank you for saving it from Robespierre . England in your revolu ...
... king , " resounded on all sides . " Take the Duke of Orleans for your king , " said Lafitte , " liberty will be satisfied with the sacrifice of legitimacy . Order will thank you for saving it from Robespierre . England in your revolu ...
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... king could not set aside the laws , nor suspend their execution . The Chambers were to enjoy the privilege of proposing new laws , as well as the king . Any proposition brought forward , either by the Chambers or the king , if rejected ...
... king could not set aside the laws , nor suspend their execution . The Chambers were to enjoy the privilege of proposing new laws , as well as the king . Any proposition brought forward , either by the Chambers or the king , if rejected ...
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Página 496 - midst its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or, if chill blustering winds, or driving rain, Prevent my willing feet, be mine the hut, That, from the mountain's side, Views wilds, and swelling floods, And hamlets brown, and dim-discover'd spires, And hears their simple bell, and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil.
Página 277 - If you aim at a Scottish Presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the devil. Then Jack, and Tom, and Will, and Dick, shall meet, and at their pleasure censure me and my council, and all our proceedings ; then Will shall stand up and say, It must be thus ; then Dick shall reply, Nay, marry, but we will have it thus.
Página 494 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She called on Echo still through all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft, responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope, enchanted, smiled, and waved her golden hair.
Página 496 - O'erhang his wavy bed, Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn...
Página 489 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!
Página 494 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul: And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels jtiin'd the sound ; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.
Página 204 - O could I flow like thee ! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.
Página 424 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home.
Página 218 - That as to dispute what God may do is blasphemy, ... so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power.
Página 497 - Winter yelling through the troublous air, Affrights thy shrinking train, And rudely rends thy robes : So long, regardful of thy quiet rule, Shall Fancy, Friendship, Science, smiling Peace, Thy gentlest influence own, And love thy favourite name ! ODE TO PEACE.