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... manner than it seemed at first possible to be expected , or even in bringing them to a happy issue . According to the common course of nature , your Majesty has only yet seen the less considerable part of the years of which your reign ...
... manner than it seemed at first possible to be expected , or even in bringing them to a happy issue . According to the common course of nature , your Majesty has only yet seen the less considerable part of the years of which your reign ...
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... Manner in which Revolutions have always been con- cluded in England 219 XVI . Second Difference . - The Manner after which the Laws for the Liberty of the Subject are executed in England 229 XVII . A more intimate View of the English ...
... Manner in which Revolutions have always been con- cluded in England 219 XVI . Second Difference . - The Manner after which the Laws for the Liberty of the Subject are executed in England 229 XVII . A more intimate View of the English ...
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... manner of the debates in parliament , mentioned in that chapter , I cannot well say more at present than I did at that time , as I never had an opportunity to hear the debates in either house . In regard to the divisions in general to ...
... manner of the debates in parliament , mentioned in that chapter , I cannot well say more at present than I did at that time , as I never had an opportunity to hear the debates in either house . In regard to the divisions in general to ...
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... manner in which the public power is formed in a state is so very essential a part of its government , and that a thorough change in this respect was introduced into England by the conquest , we shall not scruple to allow that a new ...
... manner in which the public power is formed in a state is so very essential a part of its government , and that a thorough change in this respect was introduced into England by the conquest , we shall not scruple to allow that a new ...
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... manner as England had her parliament ; but then it was only the deputies of the towns within the particular domain of the crown , that is , for a very small part of the nation , who , under the name of the third estate , were admitted ...
... manner as England had her parliament ; but then it was only the deputies of the towns within the particular domain of the crown , that is , for a very small part of the nation , who , under the name of the third estate , were admitted ...
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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.
Сторінка 25 - Elements of Christian Theology ; containing Proofs of the Authenticity and Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures; a Summary of the History of the Jews; an Account of the Jewish Sects ; and a brief Statement of the Contents of the several Books of the Old Testament.
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).
Сторінка 21 - Opera), the best farce (the Critic — it is only too good for a farce), and the best Address (Monologue on Garrick), and, to crown all, delivered the very best Oration (the famous Begum Speech) ever conceived or heard in this country.
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.
Сторінка 17 - The Political Consequences of the Reformation. II. The Rise, Progress, and Practical Influence of Political Theories. III. The Rise and Growth of the Continental Interests of Great Britain. In 1 vol.