 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1858 - 458 pages
...Lord Chatham with that great Magistrate on the question of Parliamentary Privilege may well be noted. "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... | |
 | John Timbs - 1860 - 432 pages
...his speeches t* {bis 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...forces of the crown. It may be frail —its roof may shake—the wind may blow through—the storm may enter—the rain may enter—but the King of England... | |
 | Clement Laird Vallandigham - 1864 - 586 pages
...of Lord Chatham, in that noblest outburst of English eloquence, " The poorest man in his cottage may bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may...blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England cannot enter "it. All his power dares not cross thè threshold of that... | |
 | Matthew Baxter - 1865 - 534 pages
...eulogized the maxim of British law, that every Englishman's house is his castle. His lordship said, " The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to...the wind may blow through it, the storm may enter; but the King of England cannot enter! All his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement."... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1867 - 656 pages
...Lord Chatham, of that undoubted maxim of the 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 be frail—its roof may shake—the wind may blow through it—the storm may enter, but the king of England... | |
 | Edward Lillie Pierce - 1868 - 36 pages
...for it is his own. The noblest burst of British eloquence was that of Lord Chatham, when he said : " The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to...Crown. It may be frail ; its roof may shake ; the winds of heaven may blow through every cranny ; the storm may enter ; the rain may enter ; but the... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1868 - 1096 pages
...English peasant in 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 power of the crown. It may be frail—its roof may shake, the wind may blow through it, the storm may... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 794 pages
...Necessity is the argument of tyrants, 1 it is the creed of slaves. Speech on the India Bill. Nov. 1783. 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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 806 pages
...Necessity is the argument of tyrants, 1 it is the creed of slaves. Speech on the India Bill. Nov. 1783. 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... | |
 | William Pittenger - 1869 - 242 pages
...boast of an Englishman. A single passage is all that remains, but it will not soon be forgotten: " The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail—its roof <nay shake—the wind may blow through it—the storm may" enter—the rain may enter—but... | |
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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 
