Legislature

Examples

• These he transmitted to the legislature, by whom they were published. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I heard they were talking of some such law, but I didn't think any Christian legislature would pass it! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The day after his return, he was elected by the legislature of Pennsylvania a delegate to Congress. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• But there were some upright and honorable men in the South Carolina Legislature, and they finally succeeded in convincing their associates that Whitney had been maligned. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I have wished to emphasize that there is nothing in this book which can be drafted into a legislative proposal and presented to the legislature the day after to-morrow. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Whenever the legislature attempts to regulate the differences between masters and their workmen, its counsellors are always the masters. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Sorrow and misfortune overtake the legislature that still from year to year permits Tahoe to retain its unmusical cognomen! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• In the session of 1804 the Legislature rescinded its latest act in regard to the gin, and testified to its high opinion of Whitney. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I informed the legislature of the State of what I was doing, and my action was approved by the majority of that body. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This was in imitation of the American constitution, where also ministers are separated from the legislature. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The legislature was in session at the time, however, and came to his relief. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• As I have stated, the legislature authorized the governor to accept the services of ten additional regiments. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• And that these two bodies made up the most august assembly in Europe; to whom, in conjunction with the prince, the whole legislature is committed. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• In the composition of this statute, the legislature itself seems to have been as negligent as the copiers were in the transcription of the other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• If the legislature represents the sovereign people, then it is surely necessary for the ministers to be in the closest touch with their sovereign. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The councils, which, in the colony legislatures, correspond to the house of lords in Great Britain, are not composed of a hereditary nobility. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• And if corporations have been slow to adopt such merciful devices, legislatures have stepped in to help the matter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Would not our legislatures be cut up into antagonistic parties, would not the conflicts of the nation be concentrated into one heated hall? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The cynical indifference of legislatures and the hypocrisy of the dominant parties were all that politics had to offer. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The real preparation for a creative statesmanship lies deeper than parties and legislatures. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• This was intended for use in Congress and the State Legislatures, and to take the place of the slow process of calling the roll on any vote. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Let no one then confuse the Interessenvertrag with those existing legislatures which are secret Chambers of Special Privilege. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

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