 | 1869 - 492 oldal
...never to remove an anomaly because it is an anomaly; never to innovate except where some grievance ia felt ; never to innovate except so far as to get rid...case for which it is necessary to provide." These rules breathe the spirit of a cautious conservatism. That, at any rate as regards the law, the consequences... | |
 | 1856 - 870 oldal
...enough to make a miserable noise, and have then gone off in convulsions. But in the English legislature the practical element has always predominated, and...deliberations of our two hundred and fifty Parliaments."— Vol. III., p. 85. That this has been the immemorial policy of British legislatures is most true ; but... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 610 oldal
...enough to make a miserable noise, and have then gone off in convulsions. But in the English legislature the practical element has always predominated, and...rules which have, from the age of John to the age of Victoris, generally guided the deliberations of our two hundred and fifty Parliaments. Our national... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1864 - 514 oldal
...gone off in convulsions. But in the English legislature the practical element has always predominatcd, and not seldom unduly predominated, over the speculative....have, from the age of John to the age of Victoria, generaly guided the delibeiations of our two hundred aod fifty Parliaments. (Histonj of Entjland, t.... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1864 - 516 oldal
...innovate except so far as to get rid of the grievance ; never to lay down any proposition of wider estent than the particular case for which it is necessary...have, from the age of John to the age of Victoria, generaly guided the deliberations of our two hundred and fifty Parliaments. (Histonj n{ Englànd, t.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1869 - 498 oldal
...noise, and have then gone off in convulsions. But in the English legislature the practical element bas always predominated, and not seldom unduly predominated,...have, from the age of John to the age of Victoria, generaly guided the deliberations of our two hundred and fifty Parliaments. (History of England, t.... | |
 | 1869 - 370 oldal
...convenience ; never to remove an anomaly hecause it is an anomaly ; never to innovate except where some grievance is felt; never to innovate except so...case for which it is necessary to provide." These rules hreathed the spirit of a cautious conservatism. That, at any rate as regards the law, the consequences... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 612 oldal
...imperfection of his materials, his whole apparatus of beams, wheels, and ropes would soon come down in ruin, and, with all his geometrical skill, he would be found...case for which it is necessary to provide ; these CHAP, are the rules which have, from the age of John to the age of ._XI- Victoria, generally guided... | |
 | Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 oldal
...which have lived just long enough to make a miserable noise, and have then gone off in convulsions. Hut in English legislation the practical element has always...deliberations of our two hundred and fifty Parliaments.' ' Is the idea still obscure or doubtful? Does it still need proofs, illustrations ? Do we wish for... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 568 oldal
...lived just long enough to make a miserable noise, and have then gone off in convulsions. But in Knglish legislation the practical element has always predominated,...guided the deliberations of our two hundred and fifty Parliaments.'1 Is the idea still obscure or doubtful? Does it still need proofs, illustrations 't Do... | |
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To think nothing of symmetry and much of convenience ; never to remove an anomaly merely because it is an anomaly ; never to innovate except when some grievance is felt; never to innovate except so far as to get rid of the grievance ; never to lay down... 
