 | Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.) - 1827 - 536 страници
...consultation ; and upon that ground often adjourned for one or two days together, whilst the other house sat, and drew the eyes of the kingdom upon them, as the...any thing fell in their way, that they could draw a consequence from that might relate to their privileges, they were so jealous of an invasion, that they... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1827 - 558 страници
...consultation ; and upon that ground often adjourned for one or two days together, whilst the other house sat, and drew the eyes of the kingdom upon them, as the...any thing fell in their way, that they could draw a consequence from that might relate to their privileges, they were so jealous of an invasion, that they... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1827 - 554 страници
...consultation ; and upon that ground often adjourned for one or two days together, whilst the other house sat, and drew the eyes of the kingdom upon them, as the...any thing fell in their way, that they could draw a consequence from that might relate to their privileges, they were so jealous of an invasion, that they... | |
 | Clement Boulton Roylance Kent - 1908 - 512 страници
...of things to which, he thought, the Lords contributed by their apathy ; ' whilst the other House sat and drew the eyes of the kingdom upon them as the only vigilant people for their good.' 2 It is remarkable, indeed, that it was from the Whig side that there came the most conspicuous instances... | |
 | Charles Harding Firth - 1910 - 374 страници
...consultation : and upon that ground often adjourned for one or two days together, while the other House sat, and drew the eyes of the kingdom upon them, as the only vigilant people for their good.'1 1 Clarendon, Continuation of Life, sections 960, 992. The initiative permanently transferred... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1911 - 380 страници
...meetings had been short, and their intervention in public affairs scanty, " while the other House sat, and drew the eyes of the kingdom upon them, as the only vigilant people for their good." Clarendon's constitutional ideals might be mistaken ; but he was under no mistake as to the process... | |
 | Sir William Searle Holdsworth - 1924 - 758 страници
...consultation : and upon that ground often adjourned for one or two days together, while the other House sat, and drew the eyes of the kingdom upon them, as the only vigilant people for their good." There was no thought, indeed, of dispensing with a second chamber. The recent experiences of the doings... | |
 | Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1798 - 332 страници
...Confultation ; and upon that Ground often adjourned for one or two Days together, whilft the other Houfe fat, and drew the Eyes of the Kingdom upon them, as the...relate to their Privileges, They were fo jealous of an Invaiion , that They neither confidered former Precedents, nor Rules of Honor or Juftice; and were... | |
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... whilst the other house sat, and drew the eyes of the kingdom upon them, as the only vigilant people for their good. 