 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - Liczba stron: 636
...charlatans. 3 Boswell, ii. , 170 (year 1772). He added : " When 1 say that all governments are alike, 1 consider that in no government power can be abused...oppresses his people to a great degree they will rise xod cut off his head." VoL. 1. 35 answered, " Because it is just the same." * If the difference between... | |
 | James Boswell - 1904 - Liczba stron: 1590
...But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, , (His various plumage sporting in the wind) That...; But shall I, then, forsake the unfinished war ! off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every... | |
 | Robert Kleuker - 1907 - Liczba stron: 188
...a corrupt political system (Bosw. 117, 1763). $)tefe Slnfiфt fpriфt er fpäter noф einmal au§ : When I say, that all governments are alike, I consider...his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown." JOHNSON...his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - Liczba stron: 562
...so as to preserve a balance against the crown.' ' Sir,' answers Johnson in a fury, ' I perceive that you are a vile Whig. Why all this childish jealousy...his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1910 - Liczba stron: 344
...bit of his mind. Sir Adam had innocently enough observed that the Crown had too much power. Thereupon Johnson : ' Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. Why...all ' governments are alike, I consider that in no govern' ment power can be abused long ; mankind will not ' bear it. If a sovereign oppresses his people,... | |
 | 1911 - Liczba stron: 490
...importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown " : — Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. Why all this...governments are alike, I consider that in no government can power bo abused long. Mankind will not bear it. If a sovereign oppresses his people to a great... | |
 | 1911 - Liczba stron: 488
...importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown " : — Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. Why all this...governments are alike, I consider that in no government can power be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. If a sovereign oppresses his people to a great... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1913 - Liczba stron: 824
...constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balarce against the crown.' JOHNSON : ' Sir, I perceive you...power of the crown ? The crown has not power enough.' One of the old philosophers, Lord Bacon tells us, used to say that life and death were just the same... | |
 | Sydney Castle Roberts - 1919 - Liczba stron: 210
...to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown.' JOHNSON. 'Sir, 1 perceive you are a vile Whig. Why all this childish...his people to a great degree, they will rise and cut off his head.' " It was his contempt for political liberty that made him vehemently support the losing... | |
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But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the people, so as to preserve a balance against the crown." JOHNSON. "Sir, I perceive you are a vile Whig. — Why all this childish jealousy of the power of the crown?... 
