The constitution of England, with life and notes by J. Macgregor |
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... Representatives VII . The Subject continued . - The Advantages that accrue to the People from their appointing Representatives are very inconsiderable , unless they also entirely trust their Legislative Authority to them ...
... Representatives VII . The Subject continued . - The Advantages that accrue to the People from their appointing Representatives are very inconsiderable , unless they also entirely trust their Legislative Authority to them ...
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... Representatives of the People . — What kind of Danger this Right may be exposed to XXI . Conclusion . - A few Words on the Nature of the Divisions that take place in England Supplementary Notes ............... .. 301 317 324 333 341 ...
... Representatives of the People . — What kind of Danger this Right may be exposed to XXI . Conclusion . - A few Words on the Nature of the Divisions that take place in England Supplementary Notes ............... .. 301 317 324 333 341 ...
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... who had usurped the power during part of the preceding reign , had called such deputies up to Parliament before . Anno 1295 . REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT . 29 privileges which , in these days 28 THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND .
... who had usurped the power during part of the preceding reign , had called such deputies up to Parliament before . Anno 1295 . REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT . 29 privileges which , in these days 28 THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND .
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... representatives of the people , it was soon to be compensated by the preponderance the people necessarily acquire , when they are enabled to act and move with method , and especially with concert . + And indeed this privilege of naming ...
... representatives of the people , it was soon to be compensated by the preponderance the people necessarily acquire , when they are enabled to act and move with method , and especially with concert . + And indeed this privilege of naming ...
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... representatives of the nation , and of the whole nation , were now admitted into parliament ; the great point there- * This is perhaps the most erroneous assertion in the whole Essay . The feudal system caused no good to be deposited in ...
... representatives of the nation , and of the whole nation , were now admitted into parliament ; the great point there- * This is perhaps the most erroneous assertion in the whole Essay . The feudal system caused no good to be deposited in ...
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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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