 | English literature - 1793 - 702 pages
...becaufe monarchy hath poifoned the republic ? The Cr«vn hath ingrcfTed the Commons, — In Eng land, a King hath little more to do than to make war, and lo give -away places ; which, in plain terms, is to impoverifh the nation, and fet it together by the... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1824 - 444 pages
...see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues. Why is the constitution of England sickly, but because monarchy hath poisoned the republic; the crown hath engrossed the commons ? In England the king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places ; which, in plain terms, is to... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1826 - 482 pages
...see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues. Why is the constitution of England sickly, but because monarchy hath poisoned the republic, the crown...a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places ; which in plain terms, is to impoverish the nation and set it together by the ears.... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1826 - 470 pages
...see that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues. Why is the constitution of England sickly, but because monarchy hath poisoned the republic, the crown...a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places ; which in plain terms, is to impoverish the nation and set it together by the ears.... | |
 | William Carpenter - Great Britain - 1833 - 270 pages
...see, that when republican virtue fails, slavery ensues. Why is the Constitution of England sickly, but because monarchy hath poisoned the republic, the Crown hath engrossed the Commons ? — Idem. I hold it to be essentially necessary to the preservation of the constitution, that the... | |
 | Thomas Paine - Political science - 1835 - 552 pages
...see that when republican virtue fails; slavery ensues. Why is the constitution of England sickly, but because monarchy hath poisoned the republic, the crown...a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places ; which, in plain terms, is to impoverish thfe nation and set it together by the ears.... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1860 - 496 pages
...ashes. " The nearer any government approaches to a republic, the less business there is for a king ; in England a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places. " Volumes have been written on the struggle between England and America, but the... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1868 - 490 pages
...ashes. " The nearer any government approaches to a republic, the less business there is for a king; in England a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places. 44 Volumes have been written on the struggle between England and America, but the... | |
 | Joel Moody - Great Britain - 1872 - 340 pages
...their views in this place. And I would call attention to the severity of the language : Common Sense. " In England, a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places, which, in plain terms, is to impoverish the nation and set it together by the ears.... | |
 | Joel Moody - 1872 - 332 pages
...their views in this place. And I would call attention to the severity of the language : Common Sense. " In England, a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places, which, in plain terms, is to impoverish the nation and set it together by the ears.... | |
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In England a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which in plain terms, is to impoverish the nation and set it together by the ears. A pretty business indeed for a man to be allowed eight hundred thousand sterling a year... 
