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... Parliament , its Antiquity , & c . •• * • ** 28 Writ of Summons ...... 30 Constituent Branches of the Legislative Body 30 Qualifications of Repre sentatives and Electors 32 Jurisdiction of Parliament 32 Mode of Opening Parlia ment 34 ...
... Parliament , its Antiquity , & c . •• * • ** 28 Writ of Summons ...... 30 Constituent Branches of the Legislative Body 30 Qualifications of Repre sentatives and Electors 32 Jurisdiction of Parliament 32 Mode of Opening Parlia ment 34 ...
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... parliament , having been held here in 833 , to consult on proper means to repel the Danes . By these invaders London was repeatedly pillaged . In 925 , king Athel- stan had a palace here . The city increased in importance under the ...
... parliament , having been held here in 833 , to consult on proper means to repel the Danes . By these invaders London was repeatedly pillaged . In 925 , king Athel- stan had a palace here . The city increased in importance under the ...
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... parliament , the citizens made such determined opposition to the measure , and their example had such an in- fluence throughout the kingdom , that the king , in full council , abandoned his design , and granted a pardon to all who had ...
... parliament , the citizens made such determined opposition to the measure , and their example had such an in- fluence throughout the kingdom , that the king , in full council , abandoned his design , and granted a pardon to all who had ...
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... parliament was passed for rebuilding the city : and though all was not done that might have been done , the city was principally rebuilt within little more than four years , and in a style of superior regularity , and infinitely more ...
... parliament was passed for rebuilding the city : and though all was not done that might have been done , the city was principally rebuilt within little more than four years , and in a style of superior regularity , and infinitely more ...
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... parliament was passed in 1711 , for erecting fifty new churches in and about London ; the expense of which was ... parliamentary inves- tigation at length ensued ; and the knavery of the directors of the company was so obvious , that the ...
... parliament was passed in 1711 , for erecting fifty new churches in and about London ; the expense of which was ... parliamentary inves- tigation at length ensued ; and the knavery of the directors of the company was so obvious , that the ...
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Сторінка 69 - From this method of interpreting laws by the reason of them, arises what we call equity, which is thus defined by Grotius : "the correction of that wherein the law (by reason of its universality) is deficient.
Сторінка 386 - Now to the sister hills that skirt her plain, To lofty Harrow now, and now to where Majestic Windsor lifts his princely brow. In lovely contrast to this glorious view, Calmly magnificent, then will we turn To where the silver Thames first rural grows.
Сторінка 386 - Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around. Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays!
Сторінка 388 - The Castle of Indolence,' &c. who died at Richmond, on the 22nd of August, and was buried there on the 29th, OS 1748. The Earl of Buchan, unwilling that so good a man and sweet a poet should be without a memorial, has denoted the place of his interment for the satisfaction of his admirers, in the year of our Lord 1792.
Сторінка 34 - Norman-French (84); a badge, it must be owned, (now the only one remaining), of conquest; and which one could wish to see fall into total oblivion, unless it be reserved as a solemn memento to remind us that our liberties are mortal, having once been destroyed by a foreign force.
Сторінка 386 - Enchanting vale ! beyond whate'er the Muse Has of Achaia or Hesperia sung! O vale of bliss ! O softly-swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies, And joys to see the wonders of his toil.
Сторінка 31 - After it has gone through the committee, the chairman reports it to the house with such amendments as the committee have made; and then the house re-considers the whole bill again, and the question is repeatedly put upon every clause and amendment. When the house...
Сторінка 75 - ... jurisdictions within the bounds of their authority, and may either remove their proceedings to be determined here, or prohibit their progress below. It superintends all civil corporations in the kingdom. It commands magistrates and others to do what their duty requires, in every case where there is no other specific remedy. It protects the liberty of the subject, by speedy and summary interposition.
Сторінка 30 - In the house of lords, if the bill begins there, it is (when of a private nature) referred to two of the judges, who examine and report the state of the facts alleged, to see that all necessary parties consent, and to settle all points of technical propriety. This is read a first time, and at a convenient distance a second time; and after each reading the speaker opens to the house the substance of the bill, and puts the question, whether it shall proceed any further.
Сторінка 316 - Street will be a boundary and complete separation between the streets and squares occupied by the nobility and gentry, and the narrow streets and meaner houses occupied by mechanics and the trading part of the community.