...which setteth in his own turn or place such a man to be his attorney. Coke upon Littleton, iii. p. 352. A member of the House of Commons, or of the House of Representatives, is the representative of his constituents. An ambassador is the representative of...

...president, or any member of Congress, or any private gentleman in the country. Neither is it worn by any member of the House of Commons, or of the House of Lords, upon ordinary occasions. These are declared to be the most simple, well-dressed gentlemen, in England....

...arrest; why, then, should Members of Parliament have a privilege of not paying their debts? Why should a Member of the House of Commons, or of the House of Lords, be the only person in the community exempted from the obligation of paying his debts? That was the...

...God or religion; it would be rather a draw back upon the influence of a Senator of the United States, a member of the House of Commons, or of the House of Lords in England, or a member of the Chamber of Deputies in France to be a praying, religious man. For it...

...to sit and vote in that House.* This was acquiesced in by the Crown. Though, therefore, a resolution of the House of Commons or of the House of Lords is not law in the ordinary sense of that term, so as to bind the rights and liabilities of any subject...

...England the executive government is seated in Parliament, and any member of the government, being also a member of the House of Commons or of the House of Lords, can introduce a bill providing for legislative changes in the common law, with the support of the cabinet...

...the best solution ; this would really amount to adopting in a modified form the arrangement by which a Member of the House of Commons or of the House of Lords is head of the great State trading department in this country, viz. the Post Office ; only instead of...

...Democracies.' " He nursed well his strength. His body he kept as a first-rate tool for his executive work as a member of the House of Commons or of the House of Lords. It was a necessary and effective force in the making of his books, or in the giving of his lectures....

...inseparably associated with Parliament, that to-day no one can be a regular member of the Cabinet who is not a member of the House of Commons or of the House of Lords. There is indeed no law on the subject. There is no law on any subject connected with the Cabinet. But...

...has either an Under-Secretary of State or a Parliamentary Secretary as his principal assistant; he is a member of the House of Commons or of the House of Lords. There is also a Parliamentary Private Secretary (unpaid) who is a member of the Commons. This last...