 | 1875 - 224 pages
...members of both Houses have got great places and commands, and, what by interest in Parliament, what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves...lest their own power should determine with it. This that I speak here to our own faces is but what others do utter behind our backs. I am far from reflecting... | |
 | John George Edgar - 1875 - 556 pages
...places and commands, and the sword into their hands ; and what by interest in Parliament, and what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves...end, lest their own power should determine with it. I am far from reflecting on any ; I know the worth of those commanders, members of both Houses, who... | |
 | Bertha Meriton Cordery Gardiner, James Surtees Phillpotts, B. Cordery (Meriton) - 1876 - 420 pages
...members of both Houses have got great places, and commands, and the sword into their hands, and will not permit the war speedily to end, lest their own power should determine with it." " Whatever is the matter," continued another member ; " two summers are passed over, and we are not... | |
 | Elizabeth Rundle Charles - 1877 - 520 pages
...into their hands, and what by interest in Parliament, what by power in the army, will per petually continue themselves in grandeur, and not permit the...lest their own power should determine with it. This that I speak here to our own faces, is but what others do utter abroad behind our backs. I am far from... | |
 | Andrew Bisset - 1877 - 388 pages
...speedily to end, lest their own power should determine with it. This I speak here, to our own faces, is but what others do utter abroad behind our backs. I am far from reflecting on any. . . ." He then went on to advise the House in the words quoted a few pages back, not to insist upon... | |
 | John George Edgar - 1881 - 418 pages
...places and commands, and the sword into their hands ; and what by interest in Parliament, and what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves...end, lest their own power should determine with it. I am far from reflecting on any ; I know the worth of those commanders, members of both Houses, who... | |
 | Francis Warre Cornish - 1882 - 446 pages
...great places and commands, and the sword into their hands ; and what by interest in Parliament, what by power in the Army, will perpetually continue themselves...end, lest their own power should determine with it. ... I am far from reflecting on any ; I know the worth of those Commanders, Members of both Houses,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1884 - 536 pages
...places and commands, and the sword into their hands ; and, what by interest in Parliament, what by power in the Army, will perpetually continue themselves...lest their own power should determine with it. This [that] I speak here to our own faces, is but what others do utter abroad behind our backs. I am far... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - 1888 - 248 pages
...places and commands, and the sword into their hands ; and, what by interest in Parliament, what by power in the Army, will perpetually continue themselves...end, lest their own power should determine with it. ... " But this I would recommend to your prudence, Not to insist upon any complaint or oversight of... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1889 - 670 pages
...plans and commands, and the sword into their hands ; and, what by interest of Parliament, and what by power in the army, will perpetually continue themselves...should determine with it. This I speak here to our faces is but what others do utter abroad behind our backs." He would not, he added, reflect upon any,... | |
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