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... kind of Danger this Right may be exposed to XXI . Conclusion . - A few Words on the Nature of the Divisions PAGE 301 317 324 that take place in England Supplementary Notes ........ 333 341 ADVERTISEMENT . THE Book on the English ...
... kind of Danger this Right may be exposed to XXI . Conclusion . - A few Words on the Nature of the Divisions PAGE 301 317 324 that take place in England Supplementary Notes ........ 333 341 ADVERTISEMENT . THE Book on the English ...
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... kind , in a state which , though small , is independent , and contains within itself the principles of its motions , had naturally given me some competent insight into the first real principles of governments : owing to this ...
... kind , in a state which , though small , is independent , and contains within itself the principles of its motions , had naturally given me some competent insight into the first real principles of governments : owing to this ...
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... kind , for the sake of those persons who , judging themselves to be possessed of abilities , find they are neglected by such as have it in their power to do them occasional services , and suffer themselves to be mortified by it . To ...
... kind , for the sake of those persons who , judging themselves to be possessed of abilities , find they are neglected by such as have it in their power to do them occasional services , and suffer themselves to be mortified by it . To ...
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... kind of separate book by itself . The reader will now find , that in several remarkable new instances , it proves the fact of the peculiar stability of the executive power of the British crown , and exhibits a much more complete ...
... kind of separate book by itself . The reader will now find , that in several remarkable new instances , it proves the fact of the peculiar stability of the executive power of the British crown , and exhibits a much more complete ...
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... kind of constant warfare with each other . The circum- stance I mean is , the frequent reconciliations ( commonly to quarrel again afterward ) that take place between the leaders of parties , by which the most violent and ignorant class ...
... kind of constant warfare with each other . The circum- stance I mean is , the frequent reconciliations ( commonly to quarrel again afterward ) that take place between the leaders of parties , by which the most violent and ignorant class ...
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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 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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