 ... 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 people for three years,...  The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 68by Samuel Johnson - 1781Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 488 pages
...alluding to tho royal prérogative of creating peers to make a majority says, " it ivas an act ot' authority violent enough yet certainly legal, and by no means to be comparen! ivith THAT cosTKMiT OF NATIONAL RIGHT with which, sonic time afterwards, by the instigation... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 902 pages
...particularly by the introduction of twelve new peers at once, to produce a majority of Tories in the last reign ; an act of authority violent enough, yet certainly...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,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 394 pages
...particularly by the introduction of twelve new peers at once, to produce a majority of Tories in the last reign ; an act of authority violent enough, yet certainly...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 484 pages
...particularly by the introduction of twelve new Peers at once, to produce a majority of Tories in the last reign ; an act of authority violent enough, yet certainly...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 344 pages
...particularly by the introduction of twelve new peers at once, to produce a majority of Tories, in the last reign ; an act of authority violent enough, yet certainly...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,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 484 pages
...particularly by the introduction of twelve new Peers at once, to produce a majority of Tories in the last reign ; an act of authority violent enough, yet certainly...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,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 480 pages
...particularly by the introduction of twelve new Peers at once, to produce a majority of Tories in the last reign ; an act of authority violent enough, yet certainly...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,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1870 - 378 pages
...particularly by the introduction of twelve" new peers at once, to produce a majority of Tories in the last reign; an act of authority violent enough, yet certainly...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,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1883 - 510 pages
...emphasis, by saying, " That the sudden introduction of twelve new peers at once by Queen Anne, was an act of authority violent enough, yet certainly...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,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 504 pages
...emphasis, by saying, " That the sudden introduction of twelve new peers at once by Queen Anne, was an act of authority violent enough, yet certainly...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,... | |
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