 | William Russell - Europe - 1802 - 542 pages
...preroga" tive was not to be canvassed, nor disputed, nor examined, " and did not even admit of any limitation ; that absolute " princes, such as the sovereigns of England, were a species " of divinity : that it was in vain to attempt tying the " queen's hands by laws or statutes, since, by... | |
 | Mary Hays - Women - 1807 - 528 pages
...despotic age. To this it was added, that the royal prerogative was not to be canvassed, disputed, nor examined ; nor did it even admit of limitation. That...dispense with the clause, and then with the statute. After this truly imperial discourse, the principles of which were admitted by both sides of the house,... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 552 pages
...royal prerogative was not to be canvassed, nor disputed, nor examined;" and did not even admit of any limitation :* That absolute princes, such as the sovereigns of England, were a species of divinity :y That it was in vain to attempt tying the queen's hands by laws or statutes; since by means... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1812 - 550 pages
...was not to be canvassed, nor disputed, nor examined u ; and did not even admit of any limitation x : That absolute Princes, such as the sovereigns of England, were a species of divinity 7 : That it was in vain to attempt tying the Queen's hands by laws or statutes ; since by... | |
 | England - 1817 - 264 pages
...liberty ! That the Royal Prerogative was not to be canvassed,nor disputed, nor examined, and did not even admit of limitation, — that absolute Princes,...such as the Sovereigns of England, were a SPECIES OF DIVINITY !" (p. 441.) This you will allow was a sharpish answer to a remonstrance against the most... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - Great Britain - 1828 - 440 pages
...was not to be canvassed, nor disputed, nor examined89; and did not even admit of any limitation90 : that absolute princes, such as the sovereigns of England, were a species of divinity91 : that it was in vain to attempt tying the queen's hands by laws or statutes ; since by... | |
 | William Russell - Europe - 1839 - 582 pages
...royal prerogative was not to be canvassed, nor disputed, nor examined, and did not even admit of any limitation ; that absolute princes, such as the sovereigns of England, were a species of divinity ; that it was in vain to attempt tying the queen's hands by laws or statutes, since, by her... | |
 | 1840 - 1176 pages
...royal prerogative was not to be canvassed, nor disputed, nor examined, and did not even admit of any limitation; THAT ABSOLUTE PRINCES, SUCH AS THE SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND, WERE A SPECIES OF DIVINITY ; that itwas in vain to attempt tying the queen's hands by laws or statutes, since, by means... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1848 - 560 pages
...prerogative was not to 160I. be canvassed, nor disputed, nor examined", and did not even admit of any limitation': that absolute princes, such as the sovereigns of England, were a species of divinity' : that it was in vain to attempt tying the queen's hands by laws or statutes, since by means... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1854 - 566 pages
...prerogative was not to 1601 be canvassed, nor disputed, nor examined r, and did not even admit of any limitation* : that absolute princes, such as the sovereigns of England, were a species of divinity': that it was in vain to attempt tying the queen's hands by laws or statutes, since by means... | |
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... that absolute princes, such as the sovereigns of England, were a species of divinity... 
