 Instead of bringing all the authorities into one, that of the nation, they have established different bodies, a house of representatives, a council, a governor, because England has a house of commons, a house of lords, and a king.  The American Political Science Review - Page 451edited by - 1915Full view - About this book
 | 1857 - 606 pages
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 | 1857 - 608 pages
...see in the greatest number an unreasonable imitation of the usages of England. Instead of bringing all the authorities into one, that of the nation,...a house of commons, a house of lords, and a king." * Letter to Mrs. Adams, July 7, 1776. 1857.] LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS. 25 " I beheld," — said... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1859 - 644 pages
...different bodies, a body of representatives, a council, and a governor, because there is in England, a house of commons, a house of lords, and a king. They endeavored to balance three different powers, as if this equilibrium, which in 1 It was at the period... | |
 | Alexander Del Mar - 1865 - 902 pages
...see in the greatest number an unreasonable imitation of the usages of England. Instead of bringing all the authorities into one, that of the nation,...powers which has been thought necessary to balance the enormous preponderance of royalty, could be of any use in republics formed upon the equality of all... | |
 | Alexander Del Mar, Simon Stern, James K. Hamilton Willcox - 1866 - 474 pages
...see in the greatest number an unreasonable imitation of the usages of England. Instead of bringing all the authorities into one, that of the nation,...powers which has been thought necessary to balance the enormous preponderance of royalty, could be of any use in republics formed upon the equality of all... | |
 | George Park Fisher, George Burton Adams, Henry Walcott Farnam, Arthur Twining Hadley, John Christopher Schwab, William Fremont Blackman, Edward Gaylord Bourne, Irving Fisher, Henry Crosby Emery, Wilbur Lucius Cross - 1895 - 480 pages
...Price, " in the greatest number an unreasonable imitation of the usages of England. Instead of bringing all the authorities into one, that of the Nation,...a house of commons, a house of lords, and a king." Adams wrote, not to deny that there had been this imitation, on our part, of English institutions,... | |
 | Henry Jones Ford - 1898 - 446 pages
...American state constitutions) an unreasonable imitation of the usages of England. Instead of bringing all the authorities into one, that of the nation,...governor, — because England has a House of Commons, lords, and a king. They undertake to balance these different authorities, as if the same equilibrium... | |
 | James Munson Barnard - 1899 - 78 pages
...nation, — different bodies have been established : a House of Representatives, a Council or Senate, a Governor, because England has a House of Commons, a House of Lords, and a King. They have tried to balance these different powers, as if this equilibrium of forces, which has always been... | |
 | John Hibbert De Witt, Willian Alexander Provine, St. George Leakin Sloussat - 1916 - 344 pages
...England ... a house of representatives, a council, a governor, because England has a House of Commons, Lords and a King. They undertake to balance these...different authorities as if the same equilibrium of power which has been thought necessary to balance the enormous preponderance of royalty could be of... | |
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