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" A standing army is still a standing army, whatever name it be called by. They are a body of men distinct from the body of the people; they are governed by different laws; and blind obedience and an entire submission to the orders of their commanding officer... "
The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best Speeches ... - Page 317
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A record of thoughts on religious, political, social, and personal subjects ...

John Burley Waring - 1873 - 466 pages
..." I have always been, Sir, and always shall be, against a standing army of any kind . . . they form a body of men distinct from the body of the people; they are governed by different laws and blind obedience, and an entire submission to the orders of their commanding officer is their only...
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Select British Eloquence: Embracing the Best Speeches Entire, of the Most ...

Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1875 - 968 pages
...standing army of any kind. To me it is a terrible thing, whether tinfer tha' of Parliamentary or any othci designation. A standing army is still a standing army,...of the people ; they are governed by different laws j and blind obedience, and an entire submission to the orders of the'r commanding officer, is their...
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The Treasury of British Eloquence: Specimens of Brilliant Orations by the ...

Robert Cochrane - 1877 - 560 pages
...against a standing army of any kind. To me it is a terrible thing, whether under that of parliamentary 3 2~,8 , and blind obedience, and an entire submission to tho orders of their commanding officer, is their only...
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The treasury of British eloquence, compiled by R. Cochrane

Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 pages
...any kind. To me it is a terrible thing, whether under that of parliamentary or any other.designation. thout remarking that his labours and writings have...and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe, and blind obedience, and an entire submission to tho orders of their commanding officer, is their only...
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The Constitutional History of England, Volume 3

Henry Hallam - 1877 - 448 pages
...kind ; it was to him a terrible thing, whether under the denomination of parliamentary or any other. A standing army is still a standing army, whatever...of the people ; they are governed by different laws j blind obedience and an entire submission to the orders of their coinmanding officer is their only...
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ser. Locke and Sydenham, and other papers. 4th ed

John Brown - 1882 - 552 pages
...would make the men discontented, useless, and mischievous ! ' Soldiers,' said Mr. Pulteney in 1732, 'are a body of men distinct from the body of the people...they are governed by different laws. Blind obedience is their only principle.' Bruce, in his Institutions of Military Law, 1717, gives what we doubt not...
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Spare Hours: Locke and Sydenham and other papers

John Brown - 1883 - 422 pages
...would make the men discontented, useless, and mischievous ! " Soldiers," said Mr. Pulteney in 1732, " are a body of men distinct from the body of the people...they are governed by different laws. Blind obedience is their only principle." Bruce, in his Institutions of Military Law, 1717, gives what we doubt not...
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The Constitutional History of England: From the Accession of Henry VII. to ...

Henry Hallam - 1885 - 670 pages
...kind ; it was to him a terrible thing, whether under the denomination of parliamentary or any other. A standing army is still a standing army, whatever...different laws ; blind obedience and an entire submission tc the orders of their com464 ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITIA. CHAP.XTL manding officer is their only principle....
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Horae Subsecivae ...: Lock and Sydenham, and other papers. 5th ed

John Brown - 1885 - 552 pages
...would make the men discontented, useless, and mischievous ! ' Soldiers,' said Mr. Pulteney in 1732, 'are a body of men distinct from the body of the people...they are governed by different laws. Blind obedience is their only principle.' Bruce, in his Institutions of Military Law, 1717, gives what we doubt not...
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Horæ subsecivæ v. 1, 1900, Volume 1

John Brown - 1900 - 554 pages
...men discontented, useless, and mischievous ! ' Soldiers,' said Mr. Pulteney in 1732, 'are a body ot men distinct from the body of the people ; they are governed by different laws. Blind obedience is their only principle.' Bruce, in his Institutions of Military Law, 1717, gives what we doubt not...
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