 The gulph of a great revolution completely separates the new from the old system. No such chasm divides the existence of the English nation into two distinct parts. Our laws and customs have never been lost in general and irreparable ruin. With us the...  Books on legal and constitutional history - Page 5by George J. Johnson - 1885Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1849 - 884 pages
...two distinct parts. — Our laws and customs have never been lost in general and irreparable ruin. With us the precedents of the middle ages are still...gravest occasions, by the most eminent statesmen. Thus, when King George the Third was attacked by the malady which made him incapable of performing... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1849 - 470 pages
...into two distinct parts. Our laws and customs have never been lost in general and irreparable ruin. With us the precedents of the middle ages are still...gravest occasions, by the most eminent statesmen. Thus, when King George the Third was attacked by the malady which made him incapable of performing... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 552 pages
...into two distinct parts. Our laws and customs have never been lost in general and irreparable ruin. With us the precedents of the middle ages are still...gravest occasions, by the most eminent statesmen. Thus, when King George the Third was attacked by the malady which made him incapable of performing... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1866 - 668 pages
...laws and customs have never been lost in general and irreparable ruin. "With us the precedents <>t' the middle ages are still valid precedents, and are...gravest occasions, by the most eminent statesmen. For example, when TTing George the Third was attacked by the malady which made him incapable of pert.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1867 - 794 pages
...into two distinct parts. Our laws and customs have never been lost in general and irreparable ruin. With us the precedents of the middle ages are still...still cited, on the gravest occasions, by the most «•minent statesmen. For example, when King George the Third was attacked by the malady which made... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 692 pages
...into two distinct parts. Our laws and customs have never been lost in general and irreparable ruin. With us the precedents of the middle ages are still...gravest occasions, by the most eminent statesmen. For example, when King George the Third was attacked by the malady which made him incapable of performing... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - 1877 - 738 pages
...into two distinct parts. Our laws and customs have never been lost in general and irreparable ruin. With us the precedents of the middle ages are still...gravest occasions, by the most eminent statesmen. For example, when King George the Third was attacked by the malady which made him incapable of performing... | |
 | Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - 1883 - 502 pages
...time and common consent; we are guided or governed by precedent.« Cr. — Präcedenzfall : 1, 26: With us the precedents of the middle ages are still...cited , on the gravest occasions, by the most eminent states men. 8, 109: in conformity with the letter of the law and with a long series of precedents.... | |
 | Birmingham Public Libraries - 1885 - 210 pages
...historical research. I do not mean to assert that any one work will surpass the great history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, which will ever...on precedents of the years 1217, 1326, 1377, 1422, and 1455. Lest you should be alarmed by the mention of " title deeds " and "precedents" as applied... | |
 | Birmingham Public Libraries - 1885 - 220 pages
...Nineveh, and aie translating for the benefit of English readers the old sacred books of the East. 3° What is true of general literature is still truer...on precedents of the years 1217, 1326, 1377, 1422, and 1455. Lest you should be alarmed by the mention of " title deeds " and "precedents" as applied... | |
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