An Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution, from the reign of Henry VII. to the present timeLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1865 |
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... CHAPTER XXX . THAT A FREE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PERPETUAL JEA- LOUSY AND FREQUENT RENOVATION • 155 161 168 CHAPTER XXXI . CONSTITUTION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . 172 STANDING ARMY CHAPTER XXXII . CHAPTER XXXIII . OF THE CONTENTS . xi.
... CHAPTER XXX . THAT A FREE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES PERPETUAL JEA- LOUSY AND FREQUENT RENOVATION • 155 161 168 CHAPTER XXXI . CONSTITUTION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . 172 STANDING ARMY CHAPTER XXXII . CHAPTER XXXIII . OF THE CONTENTS . xi.
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... commons of the land . It was decided , by votes of Parlia- ment , both in the reign of Henry VIII . and in that of Elizabeth , that the eldest son of the Earl of Bed- ford was entitled to sit in the House of Commons . No decision could ...
... commons of the land . It was decided , by votes of Parlia- ment , both in the reign of Henry VIII . and in that of Elizabeth , that the eldest son of the Earl of Bed- ford was entitled to sit in the House of Commons . No decision could ...
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... House of Commons . Some persons , in- deed , have considered that all virtue was taken away from that body by a law of Henry VI . , which limits the right of voting in counties to forty - shilling free- holders ; and have dated the fall ...
... House of Commons . Some persons , in- deed , have considered that all virtue was taken away from that body by a law of Henry VI . , which limits the right of voting in counties to forty - shilling free- holders ; and have dated the fall ...
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... House of Commons the knights sate in the same assembly with the citizens and burgesses . There are few things in our early Constitution of more im- portance than this . Cities and towns , however ne- cessary their assistance for ...
... House of Commons the knights sate in the same assembly with the citizens and burgesses . There are few things in our early Constitution of more im- portance than this . Cities and towns , however ne- cessary their assistance for ...
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... House of Commons , for the purpose of silencing , by his presence , all opposition . Many were dis- posed to resist his admission into the House ; but when that point had been conceded , the Speaker , Sir Thomas More , opposed the ...
... House of Commons , for the purpose of silencing , by his presence , all opposition . Many were dis- posed to resist his admission into the House ; but when that point had been conceded , the Speaker , Sir Thomas More , opposed the ...
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