The Life and Speeches of the Marquis of Salisbury, K.G.

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S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885
 

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Сторінка 269 - should like to know, would be the result ? It is, I maintain, only on the principle that absolute responsibility is undertaken by every member of a Cabinet who, after a decision is arrived at, remains a member of it, that the joint responsibility of Ministers to Parliament can be upheld, and one of the most essential conditions of Parliamentary responsibility established." After replying to the various criticisms T 2
Сторінка 263 - province under the immediate influence of the power which holds them ; while the extensive European trade which now passes from Trebizond to Persia, will, in consequence of
Сторінка 122 - House exists, and whether he would be willing to go through the humiliation of being a mere echo and supple tool of the other House, in order to secure for himself the luxury of mock legislation ? I agree with my noble friend the noble earl below me
Сторінка 203 - and that those who are most interested in supporting the amendment are the very persons who, above all things, desire that the Bill shall pass. It is absurd, then, to suppose that if the clause be rejected, there will not be found twelve men among them with sufficient common sense to accept the Bill without it rather than lose it altogether,
Сторінка 121 - Clarendon) went so far, as I understood him, as to tell us that we must watch public opinion more closely, and pay greater attention to the majorities of the other House of Parliament.
Сторінка 110 - that, even if I were inclined to doubt of its soundness, it would not be in this moment of its trial and adversity that I would shrink from upholding it. I do not wish to go to a lower motive ; I should rather choose to rely upon the importance of maintaining the connection between Church and
Сторінка 133 - So shall thou face the struggle stern, That lies before thee on thy way, And victor thus, or vanquish'd, earn A wreath more lasting than the bay. So shall thou find
Сторінка 138 - power of contract should be unrestricted ; whereas now nothing can be more admirable or more just than that people should be deprived of that power. Amid all the vagueness and uncertainty that prevails upon the subject, there is at least one proposition on which we feel absolutely certain,
Сторінка 239 - might indeed dethrone the Ottoman dynasty—that would be the signal for confusion and anarchy in every part of the Empire. You announce to all the
Сторінка 119 - have rebels who do not know the real motive which is the cause of their rebellion ! This is the age of rebellions—we have seen them in all countries—but I have never before heard of one where they were at a loss to state the grievances they desired to see removed. You tell us that, though the Fenians never raised a cry against the Established Church, it is the Established Church

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