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... although the authorship was not proved , and the work only in MS . , were con- strued into treason in the charges for which that great political martyr died.-Ed. ] HENRY III . 27 point out ) ; yet it 26 THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND .
... although the authorship was not proved , and the work only in MS . , were con- strued into treason in the charges for which that great political martyr died.-Ed. ] HENRY III . 27 point out ) ; yet it 26 THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND .
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... treason ( instituted under Henry the Eighth ) were abolished . * But this young and virtuous prince hav- ing soon passed away , the blood - thirsty Mary astonished the world with cruelties which nothing but the fanaticism + of a part of ...
... treason ( instituted under Henry the Eighth ) were abolished . * But this young and virtuous prince hav- ing soon passed away , the blood - thirsty Mary astonished the world with cruelties which nothing but the fanaticism + of a part of ...
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... and the Commons voted all supplies demanded by the ministry . At an early period , when they impeached Lord Latimer in the reign of Edward III . for high treason , the Commons F This is the case of the king of England .
... and the Commons voted all supplies demanded by the ministry . At an early period , when they impeached Lord Latimer in the reign of Edward III . for high treason , the Commons F This is the case of the king of England .
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... treason , passed under Henry the Eighth , which Judge Blackstone calls an amazing heap of wild and new- fangled treasons , " were , together with the statute just mentioned , repealed in the beginning of the reign of Edward VI . POWER ...
... treason , passed under Henry the Eighth , which Judge Blackstone calls an amazing heap of wild and new- fangled treasons , " were , together with the statute just mentioned , repealed in the beginning of the reign of Edward VI . POWER ...
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... treason , murder , or capital felony , or any felony , where there has been no previous convic- tion ; nor other offences mentioned in the eighteen heads contained in the first section of the act . That any judge of the supreme courts ...
... treason , murder , or capital felony , or any felony , where there has been no previous convic- tion ; nor other offences mentioned in the eighteen heads contained in the first section of the act . That any judge of the supreme courts ...
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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 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.
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