 The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his...  Contributions to the Edinburgh Review - Page 205by Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1856 - 1563 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on War Claims - 1875 - 448 pages
...English law, that " every man's house is his castle," by a brilliant enlogy, in which he said of it : " The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to...enter, but the King of England cannot enter ; all his forces dare not cross the threshold of the mined tenement." 1532 Story Const,, (4th ed.,) sec. 1790... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - 558 pages
...Chatham, the very soul of grandeur and intensity, is an instance : " The poorest man in his cottage may bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may...the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter it; but the King of England can not enter it. All his power dares not cross the threshold of that ruined... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 pages
...bursts ( 01' his eloquence. ( " Tne poorest man in his cottage may bid defiance to all the force* 1 retaliate, or even to defend. Had a conflict once beaun, it ; but the King of England can not enter it .' Alljiia power dares not cross the threshold of that... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms, never — never — never. Speech, Nov. 18, 1777. The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the crown. It may be frail ; its roof may shake ; the wind may blow through it ; the storms... | |
 | Rosamond Davenport Hill, Florence Davenport Hill - 1878 - 550 pages
...Lord Chatham's boast that every ' Englishman's house is his castle. " The poorest man," says he, ' " may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces...not cross the ' " threshold of the ruined tenement." Very fine, Gentlemen, no ' doubt, but not even Chatham's eloquence could make me ' forget that though... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1878 - 974 pages
...constitutional history of England that we cannot refrain from copying the account in the note below.1 through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the king of England may not enter ; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement." And see Lieber... | |
 | William Johnson Cocker - 1878 - 156 pages
...— shepherd voices." — Dickens. " Wealth has its temptations, — so has power." — Robertson. " The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the. crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storms... | |
 | 1907 - 2170 pages
...our government over that of every other nation. Lord Chatham declared of the British Constitution : "The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to...the forces of the crown. It may be frail, its roof nmy shake, the wind may blow through it, the storm rn.iy enter, but the King of England cannot enter.... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1880 - 842 pages
...finest of them all is his allusion to the maxim of English law, that every man's house is his castle. ' The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may bo frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the raiu... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit) - 1880 - 742 pages
...the notable words which the elder Pitt pointed at George III, would have had no truth or meaning : The poorest man may, in his cottage, bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may be frail ; its roof may shake ; the wind may blow through it; the storms... | |
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