...books—how many strange and terrible events have occurred — ere this England could become what i» is,— "A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown." From "Pen Sketches." ROBERT COLLYER (1823-) }EV. ROBERT COLLYER, one of the most eloquent public speakers...

...hindered, Britain's development into what she is at present, — the freest country in the world : — A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, Where freedom slowly broadens down, From precedent to precedent. Where faction seldom gathers head, But by degrees...

...sober-suited Freedom chose, A man may speaft the thing he will ; The land, where girt with friends or foes A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, Where Freedom slowly broadens down From precedent to precedent : Where faction seldom gathers head, But by degrees...

...an individual. Great risks attend any rapid changes in Government. Tennyson refers to England as " A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, • Where freedom broadens slowly down Prom precedent to precedent." • There should be the same cautious advance in this country. Education...

...underlying precedent and single instance — we may indeed hope to be. in the words of the great poet : "A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown Where freedom broadens slowly down Prom precedent to precedent" Meetings of the American Bar Association and the Association of American...

...development which has ever characterised the old land, and which has been well expressed by Tennyson — A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, Where freedom slowly broadens down From precedent to precedent. The Et. Hon. Sir EDMUND BAETON, GCMG (Prime Minister...

...men united to make the best use of life. Thus only, to quote Tennyson again, has our England become " A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, Where Freedom slowly broadens down From precedent to precedent." Here, moreover, to quote Wordsworth again, is the...

...Gladstone because it seeks to realize that noble description of England given by our poet Laureate — A land of settled Government ; A land of just and old renown, Where freedom slowly broadens down From precedent to precedent. That is the England that I love, that is the style...

...development which has ever characterised the old land, and which has been well expressed by Tennyson—• A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, Where freedom slowly broadens down From precedent to precedent. The Et. Hon. Sir EDMUND BARTON, GCMG (Prime Minister...

...sober-suited Freedom chose, The land, where girt with friends or foes A man may speak the thing he will; A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, Where Freedom slowly broadens down From precedent to precedent: Where faction seldom gathers head, But by degrees...