Also the system of Government and opposition and septennial elections almost ensured instability unless the Government had a huge majority. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
The witnesses (in capital cases) were questioned on seven points, as follows: -- In what Shemitah (or septennial cycle) did it occur?. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
He concluded by stating that the act for septennial parliaments must be repealed, and by proclaiming himself a convert to triennial parliaments. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
Even in England, he said, where the frequent return of elections was attended with great inconvenience, the propriety of the septennial bill might justly be doubted. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
In the month of September, although parliament had more than a year to complete its septennial term, it was dissolved by proclamation, and writs issued for a new one. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
Yet candour will own that to the same parliament every Englishman is deeply indebted: the septennial act, so vicious in its origin, has been sanctioned by time, experience, and the national consent. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of My Life and Writings]
In course of time it became less the local mode than it had been to carry arms, and nowadays the great septennial procession can only be gone through after a prodigious deal of drilling and preparation. From Wordnik.com. [Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
Canada, where, for many years, elections were not likely to be attended with the consequences which ministers dreaded, he could not conceive why they should make such assemblies, not annual or triennial, but septennial. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
A triennial was near ruining, a septennial Parliament saved your. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12)] Reference
A triennial was near ruining, a septennial parliament saved, your. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc.] Reference
He tells us of triennial elections being changed to septennial elections. From Wordnik.com. [Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of North-Carolina, Convened at] Reference
On this state of feeling the government introduced septennial parliaments. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Modern history] Reference
In 1715, the Parliament was made septennial, i.e. dissolved every seven years. From Wordnik.com. [A Parallel History of France and England; Consisting of Outlines and Dates] Reference
If the remedies are proper in triennial, they will not be less so in septennial elections. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12)] Reference
Now however a septennial bill was trans - mitted, and returned altered into an octennial one. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Ireland: From Its Invasion Under Henry II. to Its Union with Great Britain] Reference
Though seemingly improbable, this scene repeated itself in ancient Jerusalem on a septennial basis. From Wordnik.com. [Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Chukat-Balak 5769 - July 3, 2009 ]] Reference
Is it to be presumed, that at any future septennial epoch the same State will be free from parties?. From Wordnik.com. [The Federalist Papers] Reference
Pegg's emissaries, and that ere now she was doubtless offered as one of the septennial sacrifices to her revenge. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)] Reference
The dreadful disorders of frequent elections have also necessitated a septennial instead of a triennial duration. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc.] Reference
In Virginia, nevertheless, if I have not been misinformed, elections under the former government were septennial. From Wordnik.com. [The Federalist Papers] Reference
He hated dissenters and stockjobbers, the excise and the army, septennial parliaments, and continental connections. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3] Reference
He went on to draw a picture of what might come to pass under an unscrupulous minister, sustained by a corrupted septennial. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)] Reference
All the leading features in Mr. Coleridge's life, during these two septennial periods, will no doubt, be detailed by others. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey] Reference
The first of the agreement's septennial border polls could thus be demanded as early as 2002, commencing a countdown to unity. From Wordnik.com. [Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52] Reference
Mr. Pultney said, he thought annual parliaments would be best, but preferred septennial to triennial and voted against the motion. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1] Reference
She commonly begins administering it at about the time of the "grand climacteric," the ninth septennial period, the sixty-third year. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Teacups] Reference
If it did come to pass, could not such a minister promise himself more success in a septennial than he could in a triennial Parliament?. From Wordnik.com. [A History of the Four Georges, Volume II (of 4)] Reference
He had abolished the system of partial renovation, by which one-fifth of the Chamber of Deputies was annually returned, and substituted for it the English system of septennial. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878] Reference
It is larger and more comprehensive than any individual representation of it; it may be said to have a "subliminal self," of which any septennial period sees but a meagre epitome. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Matter A Criticism of Professor Haeckel's 'Riddle of the Universe'] Reference
S septennial border polls could thus be demanded as early as. From Wordnik.com. [Slugger O'Toole] Reference
Must have septennial changes. From Wordnik.com. [The Bed-Book of Happiness] Reference
With weekly libels and septennial ale. From Wordnik.com. [English Satires] Reference
'consult the country' is a claim for annual Parliaments when we are in office, and septennial Parliaments when they are in office. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1] Reference
(37) Of the septennial cycle. From Wordnik.com. [Pirke Avot Sayings of the Jewish Fathers] Reference
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