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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... commons of the land . It was decided , by votes of Parliament , both in the reign of Henry VIII . and in that of Elizabeth , that the eldest son of the Earl of Bedford was entitled to sit in the House of Commons . No decision could well ...
... commons of the land . It was decided , by votes of Parliament , both in the reign of Henry VIII . and in that of Elizabeth , that the eldest son of the Earl of Bedford was entitled to sit in the House of Commons . No decision could well ...
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... House of Commons . Some wise men , I know , have considered that all vir- tue was taken away from that body by a law of Henry VI . which limits the right of voting in counties to 40s . freeholders ; and they have judi- ciously dated the ...
... House of Commons . Some wise men , I know , have considered that all vir- tue was taken away from that body by a law of Henry VI . which limits the right of voting in counties to 40s . freeholders ; and they have judi- ciously dated the ...
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... House of Commons , and placed it on a broad foundation , not easily shaken by any king who should attempt its overthrow . The sitting of the knights , citizens , and bur- gesses in one assembly , however , was not always the rule . It ...
... House of Commons , and placed it on a broad foundation , not easily shaken by any king who should attempt its overthrow . The sitting of the knights , citizens , and bur- gesses in one assembly , however , was not always the rule . It ...
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... House of Commons , for the purpose of silencing , by his presence , all oppo- sition . Many were disposed to resist his ad- mission 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 oppo- sition . Many were disposed to resist his ad- mission into the house ; but when that point had been conceded , the Speaker , Sir Thomas More , opposed the ...
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... Parliament . A curious instance of this oc- curs in the case of a Mr. Ferrers , a member of the house of commons , who was arrested for debt . The house immediately released him , * Henry's History of England . and imprisoned those who ...
... Parliament . A curious instance of this oc- curs in the case of a Mr. Ferrers , a member of the house of commons , who was arrested for debt . The house immediately released him , * Henry's History of England . and imprisoned those who ...
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Página 99 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Página 104 - That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king ; and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.
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 192 - 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 51 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
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 303 - 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...