 | 1849 - 364 pages
...result of demolition and reconstruction. " The present Constitution is to the Constitution five hundred years ago, what the tree is to the sapling, what the...existed was not old. A polity thus formed must abound in anomolies. But for the evils arising from mere anomolies, we have ample compensation. Other societies... | |
 | 1849 - 858 pages
...The present constitution of our country is, to the condition under which she flourished six hundred years ago, what the tree is to the sapling — what the man is to tho boy. The alteration has been great. Yet there never was a moment at which the chief part of what... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 546 pages
...present constitution of our country is, to the constitution under which she flourished five hundred years ago, what the tree is to the sapling, what the...the boy. The alteration has been great. Yet there nerer was a moment at which the chief part of what existed was not old. A polity thus formed must abound... | |
 | Eduard Fischel - 1853 - 620 pages
...present constitution of our country is to the constitution under which she flourished five hundred years ago, what the tree is to the sapling — what...is to the boy. The alteration has been great, yet never was there a moment at which the chief part of what existed was not old."§ No revolution has... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1855 - 556 pages
...present constitution of our country is, to the constitution under which she flourished five hundred years ago, what the tree is to the sapling, what the...boy. The alteration has been great. Yet there never ^ywas a moment at which the chief part of what existed was not old. A polity thus formed must abound... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1860 - 612 pages
...social and political constitution " is to the constitution under which she flourished five hundred years ago, what the tree is to the sapling, what the...which the chief part of what existed was not old." It', therefore, we would understand the England of Elizabeth and the Stuarts, of George the Second... | |
 | Hermann Aubert - 1864 - 434 pages
...Revolution entwickelt und man kann daher von ihr sagen, was MACAULAY von der Englischen Verfassung sagt: there never was a moment, at which the chief part of what existed was not old. Ich habe mich darauf beschränkt, denjenigen herauszufinden, welcher den ersten Gedanken gehabt, denjenigen,... | |
 | Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner - 1864 - 522 pages
...present constitution of the country is to the constitution under which she flourished five hundred years ago, what the tree is to the sapling, what the man is to the boy (МлCAUL. , H. of EI 25.). The bill was lost by forty eight votes to forty seven (IX. 57.). Earl Randolph-... | |
 | 1883 - 548 pages
...slowly that it may well be said of it as Macaulaysaid of the British Constitution: "The alterations have been great. Yet there never was a moment at which the chief part of what existed was not old." But, to emphasize the language of colored brother Jasper, "The suu do move." WJQ BHOOKLTN, Dec. 16,... | |
 | 1883 - 552 pages
...that it may well be said of it as Maoauiay said of the British Constitution: "The alterations have been great. Yet there never was a moment at which the chief part of what existed was not old." But, to emphasize the language of colored brother Jasper, "The sun do move." WJG BROOKLYN, Dec. 16,... | |
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The present constitution of our country is, to the constitution under which she flourished five hundred years ago, what the tree is to the sapling, what the man is to the boy. The alteration has been great. Yet there never was a moment at which the chief... 
