 | Charles James Fox - 1808 - 454 страници
...administration, which all the so much admired checks of the constitution were not able to prevent. How vain then, how idle, how presumptuous, is the...it, that measures, not men, are to be attended to! A'lministra- The first years of this reign, under the administras'outhamp tion of Southampton and Clarendon,... | |
 | 1811 - 538 страници
...Morun. And the late Mr Fox expresses a similar sentiment in still stronger terms. " HOW vain," says he "how idle, how presumptuous is the opinion, that laws...it, that measures, not men, are to be attended to/' Hist, of James II. introd. p. 14. So too the philosophising poet, dilating indeed the sentiment with... | |
 | 1808 - 742 страници
...administration, which all these much admired checks of tlyj constitution were not able to preveni. How vain then, how idle, how presumptuous is the opinion, that laws can do every thing'! and bow weak and pernicious ihe maxim fouruled upon it, that measures, not' ineii, are to be attended to... | |
 | 1808 - 416 страници
...prevent. How vain then, how idle, how presumptuous, is the opinion, that law* can do every tiling ! and how weak and pernicious the maxim founded upon it, that measures, not men, arc to be attended to !" P. 20 — 22. After the fall of Clarendon, the king entered into his career... | |
 | Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 страници
...administration, which all the so much admired checks of ihe constitution were not able to prevent. How vain then, how idle, how presumptuous is the opinion, that laws can do every tiling ! and how weak and pernicious the maxim founded upon it, that meatures, not men, are to be attended... | |
 | Charles Jared Ingersoll - 1810 - 186 страници
...And the late Mr. Fox expresses a similar sentiment in still stronger terms. " How vain," says he, " how idle, how presumptuous is the opinion, that laws...it, that measures, not men, are to be attended to." Hist, of James II. Introd. p. 14. So too the philosophi• entered the mind in comparison with his... | |
 | Thomas Bayly Howell, Thomas Jones Howell - 1810 - 722 страници
...administration, which all the so much admired checks of the constitution were not able to prevent. How vain then, how idle, how presumptuous, is the...every thing ! and how weak and pernicious the maxim rounded upon it, tint measures, not men, are to be attended to."— Fox's Hist, of the Reign of James... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1810 - 960 страници
...administration, v. inch al! the so much admired checks of the constitution were not able to prevent. How ?ain then, how idle, how presumptuous, is the opinion, that laws can do every thiug ! and how weak and pernicious the maxim founded upon it, th.it measures, not men. are to be attended... | |
 | 1810 - 928 страници
...not able to prevent. How vain -then, how idle, liiMV presumptuous, is the opinion, that laws can du every thing ! and how weak and pernicious the maxim founded upon it, that measure«, not men, are to be attended to! " The first years of this reign, under the administration... | |
 | South Carolina, Joseph Brevard - 1814 - 620 страници
...imperfection of human constitutions ! How vain, howidle, how presumptuous is the opinion that laws do every thing! and how weak and pernicious the maxim founded upon it, that measures, and not men, are to be attended to !" » The oppression of an obscure individual, one Francis 'Jenks,... | |
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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... 
