... generally ensued. This was the signal for universal uproar. The president's voice was unheeded and unheard ; the whole house arose, partisans of different antagonists mingled in the affray, when the ground was literally covered with combatants, kicking,... Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania - Page 7by Thomas Smart Hughes - 1820 - 532 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1822 - 762 pages
...punishment of death for executing the commands of his own sovereign, whoa he thought it hi* duty to obey. to strength, and pass through the stages of infancy...constitutional synod was dissolved in the very first year of it< creation, and martial law established. The fault of the British government seems to have consisted... | |
| 1822 - 578 pages
...signal for universal uproar; the president's voice was unheeded and unheard ; the whole house arose, and partisans of different antagonists mingled in the...endeavoured to make a representative government amalgamate whh feudal rights, ecclesiastical privileges, and a wretched system of bigotry and intolcrinoe. Either... | |
| 1822 - 768 pages
...covered with combatants, kicking, biting, scratching, and exhibiting all the evolutions and manœuvres of the old Pancratic contests. Such a state of things...seems to have consisted in this, that it went too i • for the furtherance of tranquillity, and not far enough for the security of civil liberty : it... | |
| 1834 - 424 pages
...literally covered with combatants kicking, biting, and scratching, and exhibiting all the evolutions of the old Pancratic contests. Such a state of things...year of its creation, and martial law established." — Vol. I. p. 5. day, that many a gigantic effort is making, to bestow those blessings that arise... | |
| 1834 - 424 pages
...kicking, biting, and scratching, and exhibiting all the evolutions of the old Pancratic contests. Such it state of things could not be expected to last a long...this constitutional synod was dissolved in the very lirst year of its creation, and martial law established." — Vol. L p. 5. day, that many a gigantic... | |
| George Combe - 1840 - 484 pages
...was literally covered with combatants, kicking, biting, scratching, and exhibiting all the evolutions of the old pancratic contests. Such a state of things...year of its creation, and martial law established." Mr. Hughes thus concludes: " That constitution, so beautiful in theory, which rose at once like a fairy... | |
| 1841 - 608 pages
...was literally covered with combatants, kicking, biting, scratching, and exhibiting all the evolutions of the old pancratic contests. Such a state of things...year of its creation, and martial law established.' Mr. Hughes thus concludes: ' That constitution, so beautiful in theory, which rose at once like a fairy... | |
| 1841 - 632 pages
...was literally covered with combatants, kicking, biting, scratching, and exhibiting all the evolutions of the old pancratic contests. Such a state of things...year of its creation, and martial law established.' Mr. Hughes thus concludes : ' That constitution, so beautiful in theory, which rose at once like a... | |
| George Combe - 1846 - 130 pages
...was literally covered with combatants, kicking, biting, scratching, and exhibiting all the evolutions of the old Pancratic contests. Such a state of things...constitutional synod was dissolved in the very first year of of its creation, and martial law established." Mr Hughes thus concludes : — " That constitution,... | |
| George Combe - 1863 - 350 pages
...was literally covered with combatants, kicking, biting, scratching, and exhibiting all the evolutions of the old Pancratic contests. Such a state of things...year of its creation, and martial law established." Mr. Hughes thus concludes : " That constitution, so beautiful in theory, which rose at once like a... | |
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