They endeavor to balance these different powers, as if this equilibrium, which in England may be a necessary check to the enormous influence of royalty, could be of any use in republics founded upon the equality of all the citizens, and as if establishing... The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 3941787Full view - About this book
| 1787 - 668 pages
...infttad of colliding all authority intt one centre, that of the nation, " they have e ft ab lifted different bodies, a body of Reprefentatives, a Council,...founded upon the equality of all the citizens, and as if eftab) idling different orders of men was not a fource of divisions and difputes." This loofe, indigefted... | |
| John Adams - Constitutional history - 1797 - 448 pages
..." lords, and a king. They endeavour to ba" lance thefe different powers, as if this equi" librium, which in England may be a neceflary " check to the...royalty, " could be of any ufe in republics founded up" on the equality of all the citizens, and as if " eftablifhing different orders of men was not a... | |
| John Adams - United States - 1851 - 666 pages
...there is in England a house of commons, a house of lords, and a king. They endeavor to balance these different powers, as if this equilibrium, which in England may be a necessary check to the enormous influence of royalty, could be of any use in republics founded upon... | |
| Francis Lieber - Civil rights - 1874 - 636 pages
...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 England may be a necessary check to the enormous influence of royalty, could be of any use in republics founded upon... | |
| Richard N. Rosenfeld - History - 1998 - 1012 pages
...there is in England a house of commons, a house of lords, and a king. They endeavor to balance these different powers, as if this equilibrium, which in England may be a necessary check to the enormous influence of royalty, could be of any use in republics founded upon... | |
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