An Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution: From the Reign of Henry VII. to the Present TimeLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 489 páginas |
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... bodies therefore should ever claim that share in the state which the laws allowed them , or if they should refuse their support to the mea- sures of the crown , the King must either sub- mit to their claims , or by discontinuing parlia ...
... bodies therefore should ever claim that share in the state which the laws allowed them , or if they should refuse their support to the mea- sures of the crown , the King must either sub- mit to their claims , or by discontinuing parlia ...
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... body by a law of Henry VI . which limits the right of voting in counties to 40s . freeholders ; and have dated the fall of the liberties of England from the period when villenage was gradually giving way to freedom . To such an opinion ...
... body by a law of Henry VI . which limits the right of voting in counties to 40s . freeholders ; and have dated the fall of the liberties of England from the period when villenage was gradually giving way to freedom . To such an opinion ...
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... body of men whose power is attach- ed for ever to their rank in the state . If the representative assembly is entrusted for no very short period with the concerns of the people ; and if the members of it are always capable of being re ...
... body of men whose power is attach- ed for ever to their rank in the state . If the representative assembly is entrusted for no very short period with the concerns of the people ; and if the members of it are always capable of being re ...
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... bodies in the state which would enable them to claim a large share of political The separation of the mercantile power . class from the rest of the community , was perhaps one of the chief causes of the failure of the Spanish , and ...
... bodies in the state which would enable them to claim a large share of political The separation of the mercantile power . class from the rest of the community , was perhaps one of the chief causes of the failure of the Spanish , and ...
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... body politic ; so that whatsoever is done or offered during that time against the meanest member of the house is judged as done against our own person and whole court of Parliament . The prerogative of which court is so great , D that ...
... body politic ; so that whatsoever is done or offered during that time against the meanest member of the house is judged as done against our own person and whole court of Parliament . The prerogative of which court is so great , D that ...
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Página 109 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Página 258 - All this is true if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new.
Página 102 - And whereas the Laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and all the Kings and Queens, who shall ascend the Throne of this realm, ought to administer the Government of the same according to the said laws, and all their officers and ministers ought to serve them respectively according to the same...
Página 376 - Ye cannot make us now less capable, less knowing, less eagerly pursuing of the truth, unless ye first make yourselves, that made us so, less the lovers, less the founders of our true liberty. We can grow ignorant again, brutish, formal, and slavish, as ye found us; but you then must first become that which ye cannot be, oppressive, arbitrary and tyrannous, as they were from whom ye have freed us.
Página 203 - The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants: it is always unknown ; it is different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion to which human nature is liable.
Página 148 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Página 112 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Página 376 - If it be desired to know the immediate cause of all this free writing and free speaking, there cannot be assigned a truer than your own mild and free and humane government. It is the liberty, Lords and Commons, which your...
Página 3 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
Página 47 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England; and that the arduous and urgent affairs concerning the King, State, and defence of the realm and of the Church of England, and the maintenance and making of laws, and redress of mischiefs and grievances which daily happen within this realm, are proper subjects and matter of counsel and debate in Parliament...