| William Cobbett - 1810 - 538 pages
...' subject to a different ' law.' — And when Blackstone, concurring with numberless writers of the highest authority, and with every intelligent man's...of liberty it is extremely, ' dangerous to make a dis'inct order of 'the profession of arms :' and likewise adds ' in absolute monarchies this \t ' necessary... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1818 - 602 pages
...Alfred'-s administration of government. Hume's account of Alfred is the best part of his Saxon history. it is extremely dangerous to make a distinct order of the profession of arms ; — that in free states the profession of a soldier, taken singly, and merely as a profession, is... | |
| John Adolphus - 1818 - 762 pages
...fuitable to their condition and degree, and fuch as arc allowed by law. GENERAL PROGRESS OF THE ARMY. In a land of liberty it is extremely dangerous to make a diflindt order of the profeflion of arms. In abfolute monarchies it is neceflary for the fafety of... | |
| William Cobbett - 1819 - 198 pages
...grammatical construction. 143. Let us now take a compound sentence or two, containing all the four points. " In a land of " liberty it is extremely dangerous to make a dis*' tinct order of the profession of arms. In abso" lute monarchies this is necessary for the safety... | |
| Francis Burdett - 1820 - 48 pages
...begged here, however, to refer them further to the opinions of Mr. Justice Blackstone, who stated, " In a land of liberty, it is extremely dangerous to make a distinct order of the profession of arms. In absolute monarchies, this is necessary for the saiety of the prince, and arises from the main principle... | |
| William Cobbett - 1820 - 408 pages
...relates more immediately to the Military. — The youth, then, would open the book, and read thus: " in a land of '• liberty it is extremely dangerous to '• make a distinct order of the pro'" fes>ion of arms. In absolute monar" chies this is necessary for the •• safety of tiie Prince,... | |
| Earl John Russell Russell - 1821 - 344 pages
...totally separate from all other classes of the community. " In a land of liberty," says Blackstone, " it is extremely dangerous to make a distinct order of the profession of arms. The laws, therefore, and constitution of these kingdoms know no such state as that of a perpetual standing... | |
| Earl John Russell Russell - 1821 - 342 pages
...totally separate from all other classes of the community. " In a land of liberty," says Blackstone, "itis extremely dangerous to make a distinct order of the profession of arms. The laws, therefore, and constitution of these kingdoms know no such state as that of a perpetual standing... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 514 pages
...Even a crown lawyer, whose sentiments are not always friendly to the rights of mankind, will lell us, "in a land of liberty, it is extremely dangerous to make a distinct order of the profession of arms. In absolute monarchies this is indeed necessary for the ii'futy of the prince, and arises from the... | |
| Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 pages
...are peculiarly appointed among the rest of the people, for the safeguard and defence of the realm. In a land of liberty it is extremely dangerous to make a distinct order of the profession of arms. In absolute monarchies this is necessary for the safety of the prince, and arises from the main principle... | |
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