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... 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 hope that men will in earnest assist in setting forth the mental ...
... 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 hope that men will in earnest assist in setting forth the mental ...
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... possessed of money , he appeared in the fashionable attire of the day , with a sword and bag - wig . When in distress he exhibited the miserable and degraded appearance of a tattered and slovenly vagabond . More than once he was reduced ...
... possessed of money , he appeared in the fashionable attire of the day , with a sword and bag - wig . When in distress he exhibited the miserable and degraded appearance of a tattered and slovenly vagabond . More than once he was reduced ...
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... possessed a talent for pleasantry and humour , and has been compared to Burke for the variety of his allusions and the felicity of his illustrations . * That no such abatement can take place by a dissolution of Parlia- ment was settled ...
... possessed a talent for pleasantry and humour , and has been compared to Burke for the variety of his allusions and the felicity of his illustrations . * That no such abatement can take place by a dissolution of Parlia- ment was settled ...
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... possessed a competent idea . * This sort of government prevailed also in almost all the other parts of Europe . But , instead of being established by dint of arms , and all at once , as in England , it had only been established on the ...
... possessed a competent idea . * This sort of government prevailed also in almost all the other parts of Europe . But , instead of being established by dint of arms , and all at once , as in England , it had only been established on the ...
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... possessed little more than the nominal power ; excepting when the frequent quarrels between the barons enfeebled their strength , and increased the regal authority . The ecclesiastical barons considered themselves as prelates or abbots ...
... possessed little more than the nominal power ; excepting when the frequent quarrels between the barons enfeebled their strength , and increased the regal authority . The ecclesiastical barons considered themselves as prelates or abbots ...
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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.