That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn... Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books - Page 211by Sir William Blackstone - 1807Full view - About this book
| Junius - Great Britain - 1818 - 446 pages
...endeajl^i " ed to subvert the constitution of this £Tng" dom, by breaking the original contract be" tween King and people ; and by the advice " of Jesuits,...'wicked persons, hav" ing violated the fundamental laws, and hav"ing withdrawn himself out of this kingdom, " hath abdicated the government," &c- makes... | |
| Junius - Fore-edge painting - 1820 - 526 pages
...I6S9, viz. " That King James the Se' cond, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of ' this kingdom, by breaking the original contract between...the advice of Jesuits, and ' other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental ' laws, and having withdrawn himself out of this king' dom, hath abdicated... | |
| John Moore, Robert Anderson - English literature - 1820 - 522 pages
...no right to the crown ; and- was departing from the great whig principle, that a king who endeavours to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between the king and people, and violating the fundamental laws, is deemed to have forfeited the crown ; which... | |
| John Moore - 1820 - 532 pages
...no right to the crown ; and was departing from the great whig principle, that a king who endeavours to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between the king and people, and violating the fundamental laws, is deemed to have forfeited the crown ; which... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 362 pages
...any fault, rather too guarded, and too circumstantial.* But • " That king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom,...by the advice of Jesuits and -other wicked persons, having violated 'he fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself all this guard, and all this accumulation... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 432 pages
...January, 168Q, vis. " That king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of this kingdom, by breaking the original contract between...by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom, hath abdicated... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 444 pages
...law itself. The lords and commons, solemnly assembled, declared, that " king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom,...the original contract between king and people, and having violated the fundamental laws, and withdrawn himself, had abdicated the government ; and that... | |
| 1821 - 318 pages
...at length the Commons passed by a great majority, the vote of abdications, *' That King James having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the original contract between are ready to return (when safely we can) and to redress all the disorders of our kingdoms, in a free... | |
| George D'Oyly - Great Britain - 1821 - 496 pages
...emergency. The Commons had no difficulty in coming to the resolution, that " King James, having broken the original contract between king and people, and, by the advice of wicked persons, violated the laws, and withdrawn himself from the kingdom, hath abdicated the government,... | |
| Arminianism - 1858 - 1194 pages
...resolutions, not second in importance to any ever voted. The first was, — "That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the kingdom,...the original contract between King and people, and having by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, violated the fundamental laws, and withdrawn... | |
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