 | Tobias Smollett - 1790 - 754 pagina’s
...rid of the constituent parts of rhe u.ttc, and keep the man. What we did was in truth and fubllance, and in a constitutional light, a. revolution not made but prevented. We took frriid fecurities ; •we fettled doubtful quelhoni ; we corrected anomalies in our Jaw. In the liable... | |
 | 1808 - 546 pagina’s
...constituent parts of the state. There, they get rid of the constituent parts of the state, and keep the man. What we did was in truth and substance, and in a constitutional light, a K evolution, not made, but prevented. We took solid securities ; we settled doubtful questions ; we... | |
 | William Green (A.M.) - 1808 - 348 pagina’s
...in the whole spirit of the transaction. Our exertions prevented, rather than produced a revolution : we took solid securities, we settled doubtful questions, we corrected anomalies in our law : in the fundamental parts of our constitution, we made no revolution, no alteration at all,—we did not curtail... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pagina’s
...we got rid of the man. and preserved the constituent parts of the state. What we did was, in truth, and in a constitutional light, a revolution, not made, but prevented. We did not impair the monarchy ; perhaps it might be shewn that we considerably added to its strength.... | |
 | 1816 - 700 pagina’s
...state to be changed, lest government might be ruined, which ought only to be corrected and legalised. "What we did was in truth, and substance, and in a...fundamental parts of our constitution we made no revolution; nor any alteration at all. We did not impair the monarchy. Perhaps it might be shewn that we strengthened... | |
 | 1816 - 700 pagina’s
...state to be changed, lest government might be ruined, which ought only to be corrected and legalised. What we did was in truth, and substance, and in a...fundamental parts of our constitution we made no revolution ; nor any alteration at all. We did not impair the monarchy. Perhaps it might be shewn that we strengthened... | |
 | Hewson Clarke - 1816 - 874 pagina’s
...reverse of each other, in almost every particular, as well as in the whole spirit of the transaction. What we did was in truth and substance, and in a constitutional point of view, not to cause a revolution but to prevent it. We did not impair but strengthen the monarchy,... | |
 | C. H. Gifford - 1817 - 944 pagina’s
...reverse of each other, in almost every particular, as well as in the whole spirit of the transaction. What we did was in truth and substance, and in a constitutional point of view, a revolution not made, but prevented. We did not impair, but strengthen the monarchy,... | |
 | John Watkins - 1818 - 572 pagina’s
...that heap of confusion to which it had been so preposterously assimilated. "With us," said Mr. Burke, "it was the case of a legal monarch attempting to...questions: we corrected anomalies in our law. In the staple, fundamental parts of our constitution, we made no revolution ; no, nor any alteration at all.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1823 - 390 pagina’s
...took ' place, the whole frame of the government was ' restored entire and unhurt* This shewed the * ' What we did was, in truth and substance, and in a...prevented. ' We took solid securities; we settled doubtfu^questions ; we ' corrected anomalies in our law. In the stable fundamental API'EAL FROM THE... | |
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What we did was in truth and substance, and in a constitutional light ; — a revolution not made, but prevented. We took solid securities : we settled doubtful questions: we corrected anomalies in our law. In the staple, fundamental parts of our constitution,... 
