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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... danger , and mainly contributing to its preservation . The latter portion of this work is the only part ( except an introduction to the whole ) that I have finished . The reason why it is thus prematurely published , without sufficient ...
... danger , and mainly contributing to its preservation . The latter portion of this work is the only part ( except an introduction to the whole ) that I have finished . The reason why it is thus prematurely published , without sufficient ...
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... danger to liberty , of entrusting power so large and arbitrary to per- sons named by the crown , does not appear to have struck any one at this time ; and Lord Bacon is lavish in his praises of the Star- Chamber , calling it one of the ...
... danger to liberty , of entrusting power so large and arbitrary to per- sons named by the crown , does not appear to have struck any one at this time ; and Lord Bacon is lavish in his praises of the Star- Chamber , calling it one of the ...
Sivu 65
... danger . The exclusion of the eleven members was an act of force , destructive of all legal government . The diminution of their numbers , till at last they * See note ( E ) at the end of the volume . F A consisted only of eighty - six ...
... danger . The exclusion of the eleven members was an act of force , destructive of all legal government . The diminution of their numbers , till at last they * See note ( E ) at the end of the volume . F A consisted only of eighty - six ...
Sivu 72
... ; and before he died he per- ceived the danger to Europe from the growth of the French power , which he thenceforth de- termined to restrain . At home he held the balance CHAP IX Cromwell, Charles the Second, and James Second.
... ; and before he died he per- ceived the danger to Europe from the growth of the French power , which he thenceforth de- termined to restrain . At home he held the balance CHAP IX Cromwell, Charles the Second, and James Second.
Sivu 104
... dangerous to a good minister than the angry hubbub of the King of England's people . The right of petition is another right , by which men are enabled to express their opinions , and to set forth their grievances . When Charles II . was ...
... dangerous to a good minister than the angry hubbub of the King of England's people . The right of petition is another right , by which men are enabled to express their opinions , and to set forth their grievances . When Charles II . was ...
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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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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...