England's Case Against Home Rule |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 37
Page iv
... with whose works I am acquainted , and I found to my great satisfaction that his speculations curiously confirm the objections I was prepared to urge against the policy of Home Rule . It is a duty to insist upon iv Preface .
... with whose works I am acquainted , and I found to my great satisfaction that his speculations curiously confirm the objections I was prepared to urge against the policy of Home Rule . It is a duty to insist upon iv Preface .
Page v
Albert Venn Dicey. Home Rule . It is a duty to insist upon the debt I owe to De Beaumont , because at the present moment no greater service can be rendered to Englishmen and to Irishmen alike than to press upon them the study of an ...
Albert Venn Dicey. Home Rule . It is a duty to insist upon the debt I owe to De Beaumont , because at the present moment no greater service can be rendered to Englishmen and to Irishmen alike than to press upon them the study of an ...
Page 11
... duty is to rule his subjects for their good accord- ing to the best of his power and of his knowledge , and the mere discharge of duty does not entitle a ruler to gratitude from the persons who are benefited by his justice . A ...
... duty is to rule his subjects for their good accord- ing to the best of his power and of his knowledge , and the mere discharge of duty does not entitle a ruler to gratitude from the persons who are benefited by his justice . A ...
Page 12
Albert Venn Dicey. duty as to enact laws from which Ireland derives benefit No one suggests that Englishmen or Scotchmen should feel grateful either to Parliament or to their Irish fellow- citizens for the maintenance of good government ...
Albert Venn Dicey. duty as to enact laws from which Ireland derives benefit No one suggests that Englishmen or Scotchmen should feel grateful either to Parliament or to their Irish fellow- citizens for the maintenance of good government ...
Page 13
... duty of any nation to legislate in a way which pro- duces more of suffering than of happiness . A policy opposed to the interests or the welfare of the United Kingdom as a whole , even though it may appear for a moment to favour some ...
... duty of any nation to legislate in a way which pro- duces more of suffering than of happiness . A policy opposed to the interests or the welfare of the United Kingdom as a whole , even though it may appear for a moment to favour some ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Act of Union admitted agrarian American argument assent authority Britain British Empire British Parliament Canon Catholics century Church Coercion Acts Colonial connection Consolidated Fund Constitution of 1782 Court Crown 8vo Dean Dictionary Dublin duty Edited effect enforce England England and Ireland Englishmen evils executive existing favour of Home Fcap Federal feeling foreign Geography Gladstone Gladstonian Constitution Government of Ireland Handbook History Home Rule Illus Illustrations Imperial Parliament Ireland Bill Irish discontent Irish Government Irish independence Irish Legislative Body Irish Legislature Irish Parliament Irishmen judgment justice l'Irlande land Lord Byron Lord-Lieutenant Majesty Maps and Plans matter Medium 8vo ment Ministry moral nation nature opinion Parlia Parliamentary passed political popular Portrait Post 8vo principle Privy Council provisions question reason repeal representatives Roman Rulers self-government sentiment Small 8vo sovereign sovereignty Student's supremacy tion trations United Kingdom unity Victoria vols whole Woodcuts
Popular passages
Page 278 - If a great change is to be made in human affairs, the minds of men will be fitted to it ; the general opinions and feelings will draw that way. Every fear, every hope will forward it; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs, will appear rather to resist the decrees of Providence itself, than the mere designs of men.
Page 269 - Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be : Why then should we desire to be deceived?
Page 303 - History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Page 296 - The privileges, immunities and powers to be held, enjoyed and exercised by the Senate and by the House of Commons and by the members thereof respectively shall be such as are from time to time defined by Act of the Parliament of Canada but so that the same shall never exceed those at the passing of this Act held, enjoyed and exercised by the Commons House of Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and by the members thereof.
Page 302 - Version (AD 1611), with an Explanatory and Critical Commentary, and a Revision of the Translation, by Bishops and other Clergy of the Anglican Church.
Page 304 - The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland. With a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of the "Thirty Years
Page 6 - CESNOLA'S CYPRUS. Cyprus: its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations during Ten Years
Page 303 - THE STUDENT'S ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EAST; from the Earliest Times to the Conquest of Alexander the Great. Including Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, Media, Persia, Asia Minor, and Phoenicia. By PHILIP SMITH, BA, Author of the
Page 169 - Our patent to be a state, not a shire, comes direct from heaven. The Almighty has, in majestic characters, signed the great charter of our independence. The great Creator of the world has given our beloved country the gigantic outlines of a kingdom.
Page 282 - ... the right of any child to attend a school receiving public money without attending the religious instruction at the school...