| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1885 - 582 pages
...misconception of the nature of a Second or Upper House, and these opinions merit some consideration. Let us take first the most trenchant of the proposals recently...them to be burnt. ' If the books,' said the Commander of the Faithful to his lieutenant, ' differ from the book of the Prophet, they are impious ; if they... | |
| Sir Henry Sumner Maine - North Carolina - 1885 - 324 pages
...Chamber he proposed there was to be a minutely accurate representation of minorities. This.condition was dropped in the late controversy, and it was thought...them to be burnt. " If the books," said the Commander of the Faithful to his lieutenant, " differ from the book of the Prophet, they are impious ; if thev... | |
| Quotations - 1890 - 270 pages
...Athens and Rome," chap. 4. It was thought enough to quote the well-known epigram 01 the Abbe Sieyes on the subject of Second Chambers. " If "it runs,...them to be burnt. " If the books," said the Commander of the Faithful to his lieutenant, " differ from the book of the Prophet, they are impious , if they... | |
| William Charteris Macpherson - Nobility - 1893 - 440 pages
...the First. "'If,' wrote Sir Henry Maine, 'it [the Radical argument] runs, a Second Chamber differs from the First it is mischievous ; if it agrees it...them to be burnt. ' If the books,' said the Commander of the Faithful to his lieutenant, ' differ from the book of the Prophet they are impious ; if they... | |
| Roger Foster - Constitutional history - 1895 - 730 pages
...those which were rife at the end of the eighteenth century.19 "If a second chamber," said Sie"yes, " dissents from the first, it is mischievous ; if it agrees, it is superfluous."11 The two principal advantages of such a system are the prevention of tyranny and self-seeking... | |
| Roger Foster - Constitutional history - 1896 - 734 pages
...which were rife at the end of the eighteenth century. 10 " If a second chamber," said Sie'yes, •• dissents from the first, it is mischievous; if it agrees, it is superfluous." 11 The two principal advantages of such a system are the prevention of tyranny and self-seeking by... | |
| Thomas Francis Moran - Great Britain - 1903 - 400 pages
...England who are opposed One Chamber, to the bicameral principle. They believe with Sieyes that " if a second chamber dissents from the first, it is mischievous ; if it agrees, it is superfluous." The views of Sir Charles Dilke, " an advanced Liberal " and well-known writer on political affairs,... | |
| William Sharp McKechnie - 1909 - 192 pages
...problem of a Second Chamber is one to be envied ; for, to him it presented no difficulties whatever. " If a Second Chamber dissents from the First, it is mischievous ; if it agrees, it is superfluous." It was on similar grounds that the contents of the Alexandrian Library, viewed as possible rivals to the... | |
| Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott - Administrative law - 1910 - 362 pages
...And yet a priori there is much to be said for the famous dilemma propounded by the Abbe Sidyes : ' If a Second Chamber dissents from the first it is mischievous ; if it agrees with it; it is superfluous.' But the nations of the modern world have with rare unanimity refused to... | |
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