 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...m, the commons, chosen by the people for three years, chose thetn'or seven. But, whatever might he the disposition of the lords, the People had no wish...to increase their power. The tendency of the bill, a» Steel: observed in a letter to the earl of Oxford, was to introduce an Aristocracy ; rocracy ;... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 380 pages
...with that contempt of national right, with which sometime afterwards, by the instigation of Whigism, the commons, chosen by the people for three years,...had no wish to increase their power. The tendency o£ the bill, as STEELE observed in a letter to the Earl of OXFORD, was to introduce an aristocracy,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...certainly legal, and by no means to be compared with that contempt of national right, with which some time afterwards, by the instigation of Whiggism, the commons, chosen by the people for three years, chose them- ;,-• selves for seven. But, whatever might be the disposition of the lords, the people had... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 368 pages
...with that contempt of national right, with which sometime afterwards, by the instigation of Whigism, the commons, chosen by the people for three years,...disposition of the lords, the people had no wish to increase theirpower. The tendency of the bill, as STEELE observed in a letter to the Earl of OXFORD, was to... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 pages
...certainly legal, and by no means to be compared with that contempt ot national right with which, some time afterwards, by the instigation of Whiggism, the commons,...whatever might be the disposition of the lords, the peopk had no wish to increase their power. The tendency of the bill, as Steele observed in a letter... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pages
...certainly legal, and by no means to be compared with that contempt of national right with which, some time afterwards, by the instigation of Whiggism, the Commons,...seven. But whatever might be the disposition of the the Lords, the people had nt> wish to increase their power. The tendency of the bill, as Steele observed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 pages
...certainly legal, and by no means to be compared with that contempt of national right with which, some time afterwards, by the instigation of Whiggism, the commons,...people for three years, chose themselves for seven. I3ut whatever might be the disposition of the lords, the people had no wihh to increase their power.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 598 pages
...certainly legal, and by no means to be compared with that contempt of national right with which, some time afterwards, by the instigation of Whiggism, the commons, chosen by the people for three years, chose theraselvf for seven. But whatever might be the disposition of the lords, the people had no wish to... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1811 - 678 pages
...certainly legal, and by no means to be compared with that contempt of national right with which, some time afterwards, by the instigation of Whiggism, the Commons,...disposition of the Lords, the people had no wish to encrease their power. The tendency of the Bill, as Steele observed in a letter to the earl of Oxford,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 334 pages
...certainly legal, and by no means to he compared with that contempt of national right, with which some time afterwards, by the instigation of whiggism, the commons,...people for three years, chose themselves for seven. " He should have said at the instigation of some who called themselves whigs. It is in allnsion to... | |
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... of Tories in the last reign ; an act of authority violent enough, yet certainly legal, and by no means to be compared with that contempt of national right with which, some time afterwards, by the instigation of Whiggism, the commons, chosen by the... 
