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 sivua |
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... con- Page stitution - CHAP . II . Henry the Seventh 16 CHAP . III . Henry the Eighth 22 CHAP . IV . The Reformation - 29 CHAP . V. Queen Elizabeth 57 CHAP . VI . James the First 45 CHAP . VII . Page Charles the First 55 CHAP.
... con- Page stitution - CHAP . II . Henry the Seventh 16 CHAP . III . Henry the Eighth 22 CHAP . IV . The Reformation - 29 CHAP . V. Queen Elizabeth 57 CHAP . VI . James the First 45 CHAP . VII . Page Charles the First 55 CHAP.
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... Charles the First 55 CHAP . VIII . Cause of the dissolution of the English form of government under Charles the First CHAP . IX . Cromwell , Charles the Second , and James the Second CHAP . X. The Revolution 67 72 79 CHAP . XI ...
... Charles the First 55 CHAP . VIII . Cause of the dissolution of the English form of government under Charles the First CHAP . IX . Cromwell , Charles the Second , and James the Second CHAP . X. The Revolution 67 72 79 CHAP . XI ...
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... , by the act of Charles II . which abolishes them . Happily , however , the system was not allowed to throw its roots very * Blackstone , b . ii . c . 4 . deep in the soil . A practice , which was 4 FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE.
... , by the act of Charles II . which abolishes them . Happily , however , the system was not allowed to throw its roots very * Blackstone , b . ii . c . 4 . deep in the soil . A practice , which was 4 FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE.
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... Charles I. attempted to continue in the same course , which had now received the sanc- tion of so many generations , so much were the opinions of men altered , that a furious tempest was excited by it , and histo- rians , partial or ...
... Charles I. attempted to continue in the same course , which had now received the sanc- tion of so many generations , so much were the opinions of men altered , that a furious tempest was excited by it , and histo- rians , partial or ...
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... Charles IX . , merely the minister of bigotry , of which he was himself the disciple . He taught from his own mouth the opinions which were to regulate his subjects ; he contained in his own breast the rule of orthodoxy ; and he had the ...
... Charles IX . , merely the minister of bigotry , of which he was himself the disciple . He taught from his own mouth the opinions which were to regulate his subjects ; he contained in his own breast the rule of orthodoxy ; and he had the ...
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Sivu 99 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 51 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Sivu 292 - Ye cannot make us now less capable, less knowing, less eagerly pursuing of the truth, unless ye first make yourselves, that made us so, less the lovers, less the founders of our true liberty. We can grow ignorant again, brutish, formal, and slavish, as ye found us; but you then must first become that which ye cannot be, oppressive, arbitrary and tyrannous, as they were from whom ye have freed us.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 292 - If it be desired to know the immediate cause of all this free writing and free speaking, there cannot be assigned a truer than your own mild and free and humane government. It is the liberty, Lords and Commons, which your...
Sivu 305 - 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.
Sivu 110 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...