 | 1833 - 578 pages
...The English people ' imagines,' he says, ' that it is free, but it is much mistaken : it ' is free only during the election of members of parliament : as ' soon as they are elected, it is enslaved ; it is nothing.' This ridiculous statement proceeds on the supposition, that the electors are, between... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1833 - 590 pages
...The English people ' imagines,' he says, ' that it is free, but it is much mistaken : it ' is free only during the election of members of parliament : as ' soon as they are elected, it is enslaved ; it is nothing.' This ridiculous statement proceeds on the supposition, that the electors are, between... | |
 | Mallet du Pan (M., Jacques) - 1852 - 510 pages
...were departed from. " ' The English nation,' says Rousseau, ' thinks itself free; it is much mistaken. It is so only during the election of members of Parliament. As soon as they are elected, it is enslaved—it is nothing. The absurd notion of representatives is modern ; it comes to us from the... | |
 | David Urquhart - 1856 - 382 pages
...what is right. * " The English people imagines that it is free, but it is much mistaken ; it is free only during the election of members of Parliament : as soon as they are elected, it is enslaved, it is nothing." — Rousseau. IX.— STANDARD OF VALUE* " The country is exposed to perpetual oscillation... | |
 | David Urquhart - 1856 - 376 pages
...what is right. * " The English people imagines that it is free, but it is much mistaken ; it is free only during the election of members of Parliament : as soon as they are elected, it is enslaved, it is nothing." — Bousseaa. IX.— STANDARD OP VALUE* " The country is exposed to perpetual oscillation... | |
 | Theodore Dwight Woolsey - 1877 - 618 pages
...null ; it is not a law. " The English people thinks itself free but is much deceived. It is only free during the election of members of parliament ; as soon as they are i>osen, it is in slavery, it is nothing. By the use which they ke of their liberty in the short moments... | |
 | James Mackinnon - 1902 - 876 pages
...person has not ratified is null, and is no law. The English nation thinks it is free, but it is greatly mistaken, for it is so only during the election of members of Parliament ; as soon as the Parliament is elected, the people are slaves and count for nothing. This is a bold assertion, but... | |
 | Gabriel Hanotaux - 1903 - 738 pages
...term. . . . The English people believes itself to be free ; it is very much mistaken, it is only free during the election of Members of Parliament : as soon as they are elected it is a slave, it is nothing ..." The Skilful logic had deduced from this Plebiscite reasoning the doctrine... | |
 | Francis William Coker - 1914 - 618 pages
...not ratified is invalid; it is not a law. The English nation thinks that it is free, but is greatly mistaken, for it is so only during the election of...brief moments of freedom renders the loss of liberty well deserved. The idea of representatives is modern; it comes to us from feudal government, that absurd... | |
 | Cecil Delisle Burns - 1920 - 176 pages
...not a law. \ The people of England regards itself as free ; but it is grossly mistaken ; it is free only during the election of members of parliament. As soon as they are elected, slavery overtakes it, and it is nothing. The use it makes of the short moments of liberty it enjoys... | |
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The people of England regards itself as free ; but it is grossly mistaken ; it is free only during the election of members of parliament. As soon as they are elected, slavery overtakes it, and it is nothing. 
