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, 1821 - 320 páginas |
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... trial ; when at length he chose to make laws by his own will only , Parliament gave him authority to do so . It is no wonder , therefore , to find him holding high the privileges of Parliament . A curious instance of this oc- curs in ...
... trial ; when at length he chose to make laws by his own will only , Parliament gave him authority to do so . It is no wonder , therefore , to find him holding high the privileges of Parliament . A curious instance of this oc- curs in ...
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... trial , in order to seize their ill - gotten wealth ? In fact , the au- thority of the House of Commons made some advances during the reign of Elizabeth . The very weight of the power that was used to crush their remonstrances shows the ...
... trial , in order to seize their ill - gotten wealth ? In fact , the au- thority of the House of Commons made some advances during the reign of Elizabeth . The very weight of the power that was used to crush their remonstrances shows the ...
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... trial by jury , the solemn usage of granting supplies in parliament , and the frequent meetings of that high court , prove that none of these rights had become obsolete , and that the exercise of prerogatives incom- patible with them ...
... trial by jury , the solemn usage of granting supplies in parliament , and the frequent meetings of that high court , prove that none of these rights had become obsolete , and that the exercise of prerogatives incom- patible with them ...
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... trial , that ' it had never been his wish or expectation that James should be dethroned . . Had those , who invited the Prince of Orange to England , satisfied themselves with obliging James to call a parliament , the rest of his reign ...
... trial , that ' it had never been his wish or expectation that James should be dethroned . . Had those , who invited the Prince of Orange to England , satisfied themselves with obliging James to call a parliament , the rest of his reign ...
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... trial . Their property was confiscated . The amount disappointing the greedy accusers , a prosecution was instituted against the brother of the widow of Aristophanes for embezzling the sum that was deficient . What is the lan- guage of ...
... trial . Their property was confiscated . The amount disappointing the greedy accusers , a prosecution was instituted against the brother of the widow of Aristophanes for embezzling the sum that was deficient . What is the lan- guage of ...
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Página 99 - 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 mid-day beam...
Página 233 - 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 87 - 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 51 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 292 - 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 130 - 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 200 - As it is in the body, so it is in the mind ; practice makes it what it is : and most even of those excellences which are looked on as natural endowments, will be found, when examined into more narrowly, to be the product of exercise, and to be raised to that pitch only by repeated actions.
Página 292 - 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 305 - 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 110 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...