The constitution of England, with life and notes by J. Macgregor |
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... interest of their own ambition . They completed the breach of those feeble ties which sub- jected them to the royal authority , and became everywhere independent . They left the king no jurisdiction , either over themselves or their ...
... interest of their own ambition . They completed the breach of those feeble ties which sub- jected them to the royal authority , and became everywhere independent . They left the king no jurisdiction , either over themselves or their ...
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... interests , prevailed throughout the whole . The extremities of the kingdom could , at all times , unite to give a check to the exertions of an unjust power . From the river Tweed to Portsmouth , from Yarmouth to the in the remnants we ...
... interests , prevailed throughout the whole . The extremities of the kingdom could , at all times , unite to give a check to the exertions of an unjust power . From the river Tweed to Portsmouth , from Yarmouth to the in the remnants we ...
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... interest of two great families who really had no regard for the public welfare , but for the re - establishment of their own arbitrary authority ; and that peace was necessary to the revival of the industry , trade , and commerce of the ...
... interest of two great families who really had no regard for the public welfare , but for the re - establishment of their own arbitrary authority ; and that peace was necessary to the revival of the industry , trade , and commerce of the ...
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... interest 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 THE TUDOR DYNASTY . 39 dear , they ...
... interest 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 THE TUDOR DYNASTY . 39 dear , they ...
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... and some who , to advance particular interests , betrayed the public . But such was the power of wisdom and integrity in those who sat at the helm , that their diligence the frequent abuse he made of his authority , betrayed.
... and some who , to advance particular interests , betrayed the public . But such was the power of wisdom and integrity in those who sat at the helm , that their diligence the frequent abuse he made of his authority , betrayed.
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Сторінка 202 - Sense taken for a malicious Defamation, expressed either in Printing or Writing, and tending either to blacken the Memory of one who is dead, or the Reputation of one who is alive, and to expose him to public Hatred, Contempt or Ridicule.
Сторінка 76 - 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.
Сторінка 355 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Сторінка 353 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical, or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal ; this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is intrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
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Сторінка 352 - The power and jurisdiction of parliament, says Sir Edward Coke, is so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be confined. either for causes or persons, within any bounds.
Сторінка 76 - The things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep : so help me God :" and then shall kiss the book (12).
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Сторінка 356 - The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state ; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom from censure for criminal matter, when published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
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