The Constitution of England, Or, An Account of the English Government: In which it is Compared with the Republican Form of Government, and Occasionally with the Other Monarchies in Europe |
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... use the expreffions of " Sir William Temple on the subject ) but 66 · like fo many antique , broken , or defaced pictures , which may ftill reprefent fome- " thing of the customs and fashions of those 66 ages , though little of the true ...
... use the expreffions of " Sir William Temple on the subject ) but 66 · like fo many antique , broken , or defaced pictures , which may ftill reprefent fome- " thing of the customs and fashions of those 66 ages , though little of the true ...
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... use . See BENEFICIUM , Gloff . Du Cange . - ( b ) Apud Francos vero , fenfim pedetentimque , jure hæredi- tario ad hæredes tranfierunt feuda ; quod labente fæculo nono incipit . See FEUDUM - Du Cange . ( c ) Hottoman has proved beyond a ...
... use . See BENEFICIUM , Gloff . Du Cange . - ( b ) Apud Francos vero , fenfim pedetentimque , jure hæredi- tario ad hæredes tranfierunt feuda ; quod labente fæculo nono incipit . See FEUDUM - Du Cange . ( c ) Hottoman has proved beyond a ...
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... use of it , and to re- prefs a power which feemed , for fo long a time , to have levelled every barrier . Finding among themselves Men of the greatest capa- city , they undertook that important task with method and 3 50 THE CONSTITUTION.
... use of it , and to re- prefs a power which feemed , for fo long a time , to have levelled every barrier . Finding among themselves Men of the greatest capa- city , they undertook that important task with method and 3 50 THE CONSTITUTION.
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... use the expreffion of Sir Thomas Wentworth , go band in hand to gether , which always produced the redrefs of them ; and in general , when a bill , in confe- quence of its being judged by the Commons effential to the public welfare ...
... use the expreffion of Sir Thomas Wentworth , go band in hand to gether , which always produced the redrefs of them ; and in general , when a bill , in confe- quence of its being judged by the Commons effential to the public welfare ...
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... uses different from thofe for which they were ap- pointed , the Conftitution has besides fupplied the Commons with a means of immediate op- pofition to the mifconduct of Government , by giving them a right to impeach the Ministers . It ...
... uses different from thofe for which they were ap- pointed , the Conftitution has besides fupplied the Commons with a means of immediate op- pofition to the mifconduct of Government , by giving them a right to impeach the Ministers . It ...
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Page 92 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
Page 92 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same?
Page 46 - ... exerted itself in aid of patriotism, they at all times vindicated the right of granting, or rather refusing subsidies ; and amidst the general wreck of every thing they ought to have held dear, they at...
Page 49 - ... had been contented to enjoy. He was incessantly asserting, that the authority of kings was not to be controlled any more than that of God himself. Like him, they were omnipotent ; and those privileges to which the people so clamorously laid claim as their inheritance and birth-right, were no more than an effect of the grace and toleration of his royal ancestors...
Page 249 - ... to lay his complaints and observations before the public, by means of an open press. A formidable right this, to those who rule mankind ; and which, continually dispelling the cloud of majesty by which they are surrounded, brings them to a level with the rest of the people, and strikes at the very being of their authority. And indeed this privilege is that which has been obtained by the English nation with the greatest difficulty, and latest in point of time, at the expense of the executive power.
Page 236 - ... at its pleasure. The parliament may lay new taxes ; but immediately another power seizes the produce of them, and alone enjoys the advantages and glory arising from the disposal of it. The parliament may even, if you please, repeal the laws on which the safety of the subject is grounded ; but it is not their own caprices and arbitrary humours, it is the caprices and...
Page 148 - That every person committed for treason or felony shall, if he requires it the first week of the next term, or the first day of the next session of oyer and terminer, be indicted in that term or session, or else admitted to bail ; unless the king's witnesses cannot be produced at that time ; and if acquitted, or if not indicted and tried in the second term or session, he shall be discharged from...
Page 317 - The individual here alluded to was one Francis Jenks, who," says De Lolme, "having made a motion at Guildhall, in the year 1676, to petition the king for a new parliament, was examined before the Privy Council, and afterwards committed to the Gate-House, where he was kept about two months through the delays made by the several judges, to whom he applied, in granting him a Habeas Corpus.
Page 46 - ... them without danger. But the king of England continued, even in the time of the Tudors, to have but one assembly before which he could lay his wants, and apply for relief. How great...
Page 149 - Guernsey, or any places beyond the seas, within or without the king's dominions, on pain that the party committing, his advisers, aiders, and assistants, shall forfeit to the party...