 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 504 pages
...remonstrance very distant from the humility of complaint. The doctrine inculcated by our laws, " that the king can do no wrong," is admitted without reluctance....from the folly and treachery of his servants, and the pnvate virtues of the man from the vices of his government. Were it not for this just distinction,... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1896 - 546 pages
...remonstrance very distant from the humility of complaint. The doctrine inculcated by our laws — " that the king can do no wrong" — is admitted without reluctance....virtues of the man from the vices of his government. Wore it not for this just distinction, I know not whether Your Majesty's condition or that of the English... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 556 pages
...remonstrance very distant from the humility of complaint. The doctrine inculcated by our laws, " that the king can do no wrong," is admitted without reluctance....most to be lamented. I would prepare your mind for a favorable reception of truth, by removing every painful, offensive idea of personal reproach. Your... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Anthologies - 1899 - 526 pages
...remonstrance very distant from the humility of complaint. The doctrine inculcated by our laws, " that the king can do no wrong," is admitted without reluctance....most to be lamented. I would prepare your mind for a favorable reception of truth, by removing every painful, offensive idea of personal reproach. Your... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1899 - 544 pages
...remonstrance very distant from the humility of complaint. The doctrine inculcated by our laws—" that the king can do no wrong "—is admitted without reluctance....most to be lamented. I would prepare your mind for a favorable reception of truth by removing every painful offensive idea of personal reproach. Your subjects,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - Literature - 1899 - 568 pages
...remonstrance very distant from the humility of complaint. The doctrine inculcated by our laws, That the king can do no wrong, is admitted without reluctance....most to be lamented. I would prepare your mind for a favorable reception of truth by removing every painful, offensive idea of personal reproach. Your subjects,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...remonstrance very distant from the humility of complaint. The doctrine inculcated by our laws, That the king can do no wrong, is admitted without reluctance....most to be lamented. I would prepare your mind for a favorable reception of truth by removing every painful, offensive idea of personal reproach. Your subjects,... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - Great Britain - 1899 - 500 pages
...admitted without reluetanee. "\Ve separate the amiable, good-natured prinee from the folly and treaehery of his servants, and the private virtues of the man from the viees of his government. Were it not for this just distinetion, I know not whether your Majesty's eondition... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 638 pages
...remonstrance very distant from the humility of complaint. The doctrine inculcated by our laws, That the King can do no wrong, is admitted without reluctance....most to be lamented. I would prepare your mind for a favorable reception of truth, by removing every painful, offensive idea of personal reproach. Your... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1890 - 450 pages
...remonstrance very distant from the humility of complaint. The doctrine inculcated by our laws, That the king can do no wrong, is admitted without reluctance....most to be lamented. I would prepare your mind for a favorable reception of truth by removing every painful, offensive idea of personal reproach. Your subjects,... | |
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That the king can do no wrong, is admitted without reluctance. We separate the amiable, good-natured prince, from the folly and treachery of his servants, and the private virtues of the man, from the vices of his government. Were it not for this just... 
