 | Father of Candor (pseud.), John Almon - 1764 - 330 Seiten
...of the realm, and calculated to upport arbitrary government) no bounds or limits could be fet, lor could any other hand remove the evil but a parliament, Power may juftly be compared to a great river, which, kept within due bounds, is both beautiful and ufeful ;... | |
 | David Loch - 1779 - 276 Seiten
...men of the realm, and calculated to iupport arbitrary government), no bounds or limits could be fet, nor could any other hand remove the evil but a parliament. Power may juftly be compared to a great river ; while kept within its due bounds, it is both beautiful and ufeful... | |
 | Benjamin Lynde Oliver - 1832 - 428 Seiten
...manly sentiments, and partly as a specimen of the eloquence of the Philadelphia Bar, a century ago. ' Power may justly be compared to a great river; while kept within its due bounds, it is both beautiful and useful; but when it overflows its banks, it is then too impetuous to be stemmed;... | |
 | Peleg Whitman Chandler - 1841 - 462 Seiten
...extremities in that arbitrary and terrible court of star chamber, to whose arbitrary proceedings, (it being composed of the principal men of the realm, and calculated...parliament. Power may justly be compared to a great river, which, while kept within its due bounds, is both beautiful and useful ; but when it overflows its banks,... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - 1868 - 354 Seiten
...Chamber, to " whose arbitrary proceedings, (it being com" posed of the principal men of the Realm, and I' calculated to support arbitrary government) '' no...nor could . " any other hand remove the evil but a Parlia' " ment. Power may justly be compared to a "great river, which while kept within its due " bounds,... | |
 | 1892 - 588 Seiten
...extremities, in that arbitrary and terrible Court of Star Chamber, to whose arbitrary proceedings, (it being composed of the principal men of the Realm, and calculated...Parliament. Power may justly be compared to a great river, which while kept within its due bounds, is both beautiful and useful ; but when it overflows its banks,... | |
 | 1892 - 588 Seiten
...extremities, in that arbitrary and terrible Court of Star Chamber, to whose arbitrary proceedings, (it being composed of the principal men of the Realm, and calculated...Parliament. Power may justly be compared to a great river, which while kept within its due bounds, is both beautiful and useful; but when it overflows its banks,... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1901 - 440 Seiten
...extremities in that arbitrary and terrible court of Star Chamber; to whose arbitrary proceedings (it being composed of the principal men of the realm and calculated...be compared to a great river; while kept within its bounds, it is both beautiful and useful, but when it overflows its banks, it is then too impetuous... | |
 | Charles Augustus Hanna - 1902 - 624 Seiten
...extremities, in that arbitrary and terrible Court of Star Chamber, to whose arbitrary proceedings (it being composed of the principal men of the realm, and calculated...great river : while kept within its due bounds, it is both beautiful and useful ; but when it overflows its banks it is then too impetuous to be stemmed,... | |
 | Livingston Rutherfurd - 1904 - 344 Seiten
...that arbitrary and terrible Court of Star Chamber, to whose arbitrary Proceedings, (it being compos'd of the Principal Men of the Realm, and calculated...to a great River, while kept within its due Bounds, is both Beautiful and Useful ; but when it overflows it's Banks, it is then too impetuous to be stemm'd,... | |
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Power may justly be compared to a great river : while kept within its due bounds, it is both beautiful and useful ; but when it overflows its banks it is then too impetuous to be stemmed, it bears down all before it, and brings destruction and desolation... 
