| Historical miscellany - 1774 - 352 sider
...thing in England, where they are deputed by boroughs. All the inhabitants of the fcveral diftricts ought to have a right of voting at the election of a reprefentative, .except fuch as are in fo mean a fituation, as to be deemed to have no will of their... | |
| Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1794 - 466 sider
...Burke alludes, Montefquieu exprefsly declares, •" All the f* inhabitants of the fever al diji riffs ought " to have a right of- voting at the election *' of a reprefentative, except fuch as are m f* fo mean a condition as to be deemed, to have f « no will of... | |
| Devout monitor - 1795 - 282 sider
...tyrannical manner. Hence all the inhabitants of the fereral diftn&s or places that fend repi efentatives, ought to have a right of voting at the election of a reprefentative when there is one chofen, (except thofe who are deemed to hare no will of their own)... | |
| 1797 - 680 sider
...in England, where they are deputed by boroughs. All the inhabitants of the feveral dillricts cuche to have a right of voting at the election of a representative, except fuch as are in ¡o mean л íiuiation, as to be deemed to have no will of t.'ieir own. One great fault there was... | |
| John Poyer - 1808 - 716 sider
...only by an extension of its benefits. AM the 1722. inhabitants of every district, says Montesquieu, ought to have a right of voting at the election of a representative, except such as are in so mean a condition, as to be deemed to have no will of their own. The paucity of those,... | |
| Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1823 - 810 sider
...thing in England, where they are deputed by boroughs. All the inhabitants of the several districts ought to have a right of voting at the election of a representative, except such as are in so mean a situation, as to be deemed to have no will of their own. One great fault there... | |
| John Fletcher - 1833 - 600 sider
...answers. You write, " All the inhabitants," &c, says Montesquieu, speaking of the English constitution, " ought to have a right of voting at the election of a representative, except such as are so mean as to be deemed to have no will of their own." Nay, (answers Mr. W.,) " If all... | |
| James Flamank - 1833 - 436 sider
...government, should have a voice in the election of representatives. Montesquieu says, " Every man should have a right of voting at the election of a representative, except such as are in so mean a situation as to have no will of their own." It has been maintained, that every... | |
| John Wesley - 1839 - 810 sider
...quotations : — " All the inhabitants of England," says the fanciful Montesquieu, as one terms him, " have a right of voting at the election of a representative, except such as are so mean, as to be deemed to have no will of their own !" Nay, if all have a right to vote... | |
| Samuel Jones (of Stockbridge, Mass.) - 1842 - 336 sider
...says, in treating of the constitution of England, that "all the inhabitants of the several districts ought to have a right of voting, at the election of a representative, except such as are in so mean a situation as to be deemed to have no will of their own."* He made this remark... | |
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