 | Edmund Burke - France - 1790 - 536 pages
...and a government is only the creature of a conftitution, The conftitution of a country is not the act of its government, but of the people conftituting...which contains the principles on which the government mail be eftablifhed, the manner in which it mall be organized, the powers it fhall have, the mode of... | |
 | Thomas Paine - France - 1791 - 358 pages
...a government is only the creature of a conftitution. The conftitution of a country is not the a£t of its government, but of the people conftituting...be organized, the powers it fhall have, the mode of elections, the duration of parliaments, or by what other name fuch bodies may be called ; the powers... | |
 | John Horne Tooke, John Hill Blanchard - Trials (Treason) - 1795 - 480 pages
...conftitution. The conftitution of a country is not the act of its government, but of the people confticuting a government. It is the body of elements, to which...government fhall be eftablifhed, the manner in which it will ho organized, the powers it fhall have, the mode of elections, the durations of parliaments, pr... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - Trials (Treason) - 1795 - 452 pages
...but of the people conftituting a govemment. It is the body of elements, to which you can refer, shd quote article by article ; and which contains the...which the government fhall be eftablifhed, the manner on which it fhall be organized, the powers it l'hall have, the mode of elections, the durations of... | |
 | John Dickinson - United States - 1801 - 450 pages
...constitution. A constitution of a country is not the act of its government, but of the people constituting a government. It is the body of elements to which...which contains the principles on which the government shall be established, the manner in which it shall be organized, the powers it shall have, the mode... | |
 | France - 1811 - 662 pages
...book mould furnifh the ftrongeft evidence that we have one. Thefe are his words: " A conftitution is a body of elements " to which you can refer, and quote...the principles on " which the government fhall be eftablifhed—the "manner in which it fhall be organized—the " powers it fhall have—'the mode of... | |
 | Virginia. General Court, William Brockenbrough, Hugh Holmes - Courts - 1815 - 364 pages
...constitution. It is not the act of " the government, but of the people constituting a go" vernment. It is the body of elements to which you can " refer,...contains " the principles on which the government shall be esta*' Wished, the manner in which it shall be organized, the " powers it shaJl have, &c."... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1826 - 470 pages
...the act of its government, but of the people constituting a government. It is the body of ele1 ments, to which you can refer, and quote article by article...which contains the principles on which the government shall be established, the manner in which it shall be organized, the powers it shall have, the mode... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1826 - 482 pages
...the act of its government, but of the people constituting a government. It is the body of elev ments, to which you can refer, and quote article by article...which contains the principles on which the government shall be established, the manner in which it shall be organized, the powers it shall have, the mode... | |
 | 1828 - 844 pages
...constitution. The constitution of a country is not the act of Us government, but <>f the people constituting a government. It is the body of elements, to which...which contains the principles on which the government shall be established, the manner in which it shall be organized, the powers it shall havu, the mode... | |
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The constitution of a country is not the act of its government, but of the people constituting a government. It is the body of elements to which you can refer and quote article by article... 
