The constitution of England, with life and notes by J. Macgregor |
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... assembly of statesmen . And here we must observe how different were the effects produced in England by the annihilation of the power of the nobility , from those which the same event had produced in France . In France , where , in ...
... assembly of statesmen . And here we must observe how different were the effects produced in England by the annihilation of the power of the nobility , from those which the same event had produced in France . In France , where , in ...
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... assembly . Nor had the Rump of that Parliament more power confided to them by the people than the officers of the army , or any other arbitrary or usurped authority . But notwithstanding all the accusations that are brought forward ...
... assembly . Nor had the Rump of that Parliament more power confided to them by the people than the officers of the army , or any other arbitrary or usurped authority . But notwithstanding all the accusations that are brought forward ...
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... Assembly at Westminster had now diminished from 506 members , the number originally elected in 1640 , to rather less than 100 , -first by the expulsion in 1648 , and afterwards by deaths and various causes : they had no hold whatever on ...
... Assembly at Westminster had now diminished from 506 members , the number originally elected in 1640 , to rather less than 100 , -first by the expulsion in 1648 , and afterwards by deaths and various causes : they had no hold whatever on ...
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... assembly of the representatives of the nation , is composed of the deputies of the different counties , each of which sends two ; of the deputies of certain towns , of which London ( including Westminster and Southwark ) sends eight ...
... assembly of the representatives of the nation , is composed of the deputies of the different counties , each of which sends two ; of the deputies of certain towns , of which London ( including Westminster and Southwark ) sends eight ...
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... Assembly of Wise Men , included only , it is probable , that smaller number of the inhabitants who were thanes , clergy , and freemen . Rapin quotes the preamble of a charter granted by Canute to the abbots of St. Edmundsbury , which ...
... Assembly of Wise Men , included only , it is probable , that smaller number of the inhabitants who were thanes , clergy , and freemen . Rapin quotes the preamble of a charter granted by Canute to the abbots of St. Edmundsbury , which ...
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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.
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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).
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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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