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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... corruption by which votes in Parliament are obtained . Some persons , I know , imagine that the minister has recourse to corruption only because it is neces- sary to strengthen himself against the Opposi- tion . But it is evident that ...
... corruption by which votes in Parliament are obtained . Some persons , I know , imagine that the minister has recourse to corruption only because it is neces- sary to strengthen himself against the Opposi- tion . But it is evident that ...
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... corrupt and undue influence , is often a sub- stitute for it . Some , indeed , think it possible that the world may be governed by pure inten- tion and the force of argument only . But it is well said by Mr. Wilberforce , when speaking ...
... corrupt and undue influence , is often a sub- stitute for it . Some , indeed , think it possible that the world may be governed by pure inten- tion and the force of argument only . But it is well said by Mr. Wilberforce , when speaking ...
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... corruption after the Revolution . Trevor was afterwards punished for bribery in a question relating to the Orphans Bill . There arose at this time a vio- lent struggle between the Whigs and Tories for the favour of the King , and the ...
... corruption after the Revolution . Trevor was afterwards punished for bribery in a question relating to the Orphans Bill . There arose at this time a vio- lent struggle between the Whigs and Tories for the favour of the King , and the ...
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... corruption ; and , instead of being the vigilant guardians of the public purse , become the accomplices of an ambitious oligarchy . Now this objection , if good , is fatal to our whole constitution ; for we have seen , in reviewing the ...
... corruption ; and , instead of being the vigilant guardians of the public purse , become the accomplices of an ambitious oligarchy . Now this objection , if good , is fatal to our whole constitution ; for we have seen , in reviewing the ...
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... corruption of the English constitution , but whether it was upon the whole a good or an evil . The first consideration that must strike us is , that , upon the whole , the liberty of the subject The chief exceptions to this re- was ...
... corruption of the English constitution , but whether it was upon the whole a good or an evil . The first consideration that must strike us is , that , upon the whole , the liberty of the subject The chief exceptions to this re- was ...
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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...