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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... tion , is to be attributed to the vanity of imagining it may at this period be of some service . It may at least provoke the wits and excite the thoughts of other men , to a more happy attention to subjects in which every member of this ...
... tion , is to be attributed to the vanity of imagining it may at this period be of some service . It may at least provoke the wits and excite the thoughts of other men , to a more happy attention to subjects in which every member of this ...
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... tion to enter here into any controversy respect- ing the origin of our representation . Such a discussion belongs properly to an earlier period than that of which we are now speaking . The points to which I shall now confine my remarks ...
... tion to enter here into any controversy respect- ing the origin of our representation . Such a discussion belongs properly to an earlier period than that of which we are now speaking . The points to which I shall now confine my remarks ...
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... tion ; but enacting " that the inheritance of the crown should rest , remain , and abide in the king . " He procured this statute to be confirmed by the pope's bull . In the same spirit of peace and moderation , he caused many ...
... tion ; but enacting " that the inheritance of the crown should rest , remain , and abide in the king . " He procured this statute to be confirmed by the pope's bull . In the same spirit of peace and moderation , he caused many ...
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... tion in the North to respect for the memory of Richard III . , a proof that his government , in that part of the kingdom , had not been very oppressive . The chief object of Henry's administration was to restrain the inordinate power of ...
... tion in the North to respect for the memory of Richard III . , a proof that his government , in that part of the kingdom , had not been very oppressive . The chief object of Henry's administration was to restrain the inordinate power of ...
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... tion . The act that was passed is curious . It condemns those who had resisted , but at the same time grants to the king , de novo , the duties of tonnage and poundage . Upon the whole , the precedent , though inconsistent with itself ...
... tion . The act that was passed is curious . It condemns those who had resisted , but at the same time grants to the king , de novo , the duties of tonnage and poundage . Upon the whole , the precedent , though inconsistent with itself ...
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abuses admitted adopted ancient arbitrary army assembly attainder authority bill bill of attainder body boroughs cause CHAP Charles Charles II church civil constitution controul corruption court crown doctrine elections Elizabeth endeavoured England English established Europe evil executive expence favour France freedom give granted Henry VIII House of Commons House of Lords house of Tudor Hume impeachment imprisoned influence interest James judge jury justice King King's labour land libel liberty Lord Lord Chatham Machiavel means ment mind minister monarchy national debt nature never obtain offence opinion Parliament party peace perhaps persons petition political popular prerogative principles privilege punishment Puritans Queen question reason reform remedy respect Revolution Roman Rome sovereign speech spirit suffrage Tacitus taxes thing throne tion tonnage and poundage Tories trial universal suffrage villein villenage violent vote Walpole Whigs whole
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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...