 Mr. ONSLOW, the ablest among the Speakers of the House of Commons, used to say, " It was a maxim he had often heard when he was a young man, from old and experienced members, that nothing tended more to throw power into the hands of administration, and...  The Constitutional History of the United States - Page 338by Francis Newton Thorpe - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Parliamentary practice - 1826 - 220 pages
...IMPORTANCE OF ADHERING TO RULES. MR. ONSLOW, the ablest among the speakers of the House of Commons, used to say, "it was a maxim he had often heard, when...acted with the majority of the House of Commons, than a neglect of, or departure from, the rules of proceeding; that these forms, as instituted by our ancestors,... | |
 | Joel Barlow Sutherland - Parliamentary practice - 1830 - 404 pages
...IMPORTANCE OF ADHERING TO RULES. Mr. Onslow, the ablest among the Speakers of the House of Commons, used to say, " it was a maxim he 'had often heard...with the majority of the ' House of Commons, than a neglect of, or departure • from, the rules of proceeding : that these forms, as ' instituted by... | |
 | Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - England - 1832 - 382 pages
...theory of a dancing master, than the gravity of a great speaker. " He used to repeat it as a maxim which he had often heard, when he was a young man, from old, experienced members, ' That nothing tended more to throw power into the hands of administration, and... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1837 - 202 pages
...IMPORTANCE OF ADHERING TO KULES. MR. ONSLOW, the ablest among the Speakers of the House of Commons, used to say, "It was a maxim he had often heard when...acted with the majority of the House of Commons, than a neglect of, or departure from, the rules of proceeding : that these forms, as instituted by our ancestors,... | |
 | Joel Barlow Sutherland - Parliamentary practice - 1838 - 456 pages
...I.MPOKTANCE OF ADHERING TO RULES. Mr. Onslow, the ablest among the speakers o! the House of Commons, used to say, " it was a " maxim he had often heard when he was a youBg man, from old and experienced members, that nothing tended more to throw power into the hands... | |
 | Joel Barlow Sutherland - 1841 - 560 pages
...IMPORTANCE OP ADHERING TO RULES. Mr. Onslow, the ablest among the speakers of the House of Commons, used to say, " it was a " maxim he had often heard...acted with the majority of the House of Commons, than a neglect of, or departure from, the rules of proceeding: that these forms, as instituted by our ancestors,... | |
 | Joseph Bartlett Burleigh - Parliamentary practice - 1853 - 354 pages
...IMPORTANCE OF ADHERING TO RULE8. MR. OXSLOW, the ablest among the Speakers of the House of Com mons, used to say, ' It was a maxim he had often heard when...acted with the majority of the House of Commons, than a neglect of, or departure from, the rules of proceeding : that these forms, as instituted by our ancestors,... | |
 | New York (State). Secretary's Office - New York (State) - 1853 - 476 pages
...IMPORTANCE OF ADHEBING TO RULES. MR. ONSLOW, the ablest among the Speakers of the House of Commons, used to say, " It was a maxim he had often heard when...Administration and those who acted with the majority in the House of Commons, than a neglect of, or departure from, the rules of proceeding : that these... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 608 pages
...IMPORTANCE OF ADHERING TO RULES. MR. ONSLOW, the ablest among the Speakers of the House of Commons, used to say, " It was a maxim he had often heard when...acted with the majority of the House of Commons, than a neglect of, or departure from, the rules of proceeding ; that these forms, as instituted by our ancestors,... | |
 | Joseph Gales - United States - 1854 - 1022 pages
...discharged its duties with an ability and impartiality which have never been surpassed) used to remark, that ''nothing tended more to throw ' power into the hands of Administration, and ' of a majority of the House of Commons, than a ' neglect of. or departure from, its rules ; that the... | |
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