 You will observe one curious trait," said Sidonia to Coningsby, "in the history of this country. The depository of power is always unpopular. All combine against it. It always falls. Power was deposited in the great Barons. The Church, using the King...  Coningsby, Or The New Generation - Page 167by Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1881 - 590 pages
...deposited in the great Barons ; the Church, using the King for its instrument, crushed the great Barona. Power was deposited in the Church ; the King, bribing...deposited in the Parliament, and for the last sixty or 237 seventy years it has been becoming more and more unpopular. In 1830 it was endeavoured by a reconstruction... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - Great Britain - 1890 - 290 pages
...history of this country. The depositary of power is always unpopular : all combine against it : it always falls. Power was deposited in the great barons ; the...a king substituted an administrative officer. For a hundred and fifty years Power has been deposited in Parliament, and for the last sixty or seventy... | |
 | Walter Frewen Lord - English fiction - 1906 - 330 pages
...Church ; the king, bribing the Parliament, plundered the Church. Power was deposited in the kings ; the Parliament, using the people, beheaded the king,...years it has been becoming more and more unpopular.' " This is a good example of the writing that rouses the wrath of Lord Beaconsfield's critics. " Here,"... | |
 | Elliot Evans Mills - Church and state - 1909 - 420 pages
...Church; the King, bribing the Parliament, plundered the Church. Power was deposited in the King ; and the Parliament, using the People, beheaded the King,...Parliament, and for the last sixty or seventy years * Since the above passage was written, Lord Rosebery has come even nearer to the policy set forth in... | |
 | Sir Geoffrey Gilbert Butler - Conservatism - 1914 - 184 pages
...THE DOOM OF PARLIAMENT 71 pository of power is always unpopular; all combine against it ; it always falls. Power was deposited in the great Barons ; the...hundred and fifty years power has been deposited in Parliament, and for the last sixty or seventy years it has been becoming more and more unpopular. ...... | |
 | E. T. Raymond - Great Britain - 1925 - 370 pages
...history of this country. The depository of power is always unpopular; all combine against it; it always falls. Power was deposited in the great barons ; the...years it has been becoming more and more unpopular. . . . It is impossible to resist the impression that this body also is doomed to be destroyed. Parliament... | |
 | 1899 - 1052 pages
...the Church. Power was deposited in the kings ; the Parliament, using the people, beheaded the klngr expelled the king, changed the king, and, finally,...administrative officer. For one hundred and fifty years-power has been deposited in th«> Parliament, and for the last sixty or seventy years it has... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1899 - 1054 pages
...Church ; the king, bribing the Parliament, plundered the Church. Power was deposited in the kings ; the Parliament, using the people, beheaded the king,...administrative officer. For one hundred and fifty years-power has been deposited in the Parliament, and for the last sixty or seventy years it has been... | |
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