The constitution of England, with life and notes by J. Macgregor |
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... person as in his property , became settled axioms . The Great Charter , at first enacted with so much solemnity , and afterwards confirmed at the beginning of every succeeding reign , became like a general banner per- petually set up ...
... person as in his property , became settled axioms . The Great Charter , at first enacted with so much solemnity , and afterwards confirmed at the beginning of every succeeding reign , became like a general banner per- petually set up ...
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... person from captivity . - Ed . The 15th of Edward II . ( 1322 ) although it lay long dormant , and does not appear among the statutes until the official edition of the laws was published in the beginning of the present century , yet ...
... person from captivity . - Ed . The 15th of Edward II . ( 1322 ) although it lay long dormant , and does not appear among the statutes until the official edition of the laws was published in the beginning of the present century , yet ...
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... person and property of the individual began to make their appearance ; that admirable constitution , the result of a threefold power , insensibly arose ; † and the eye might even then discover the verdant summits of that fortunate ...
... person and property of the individual began to make their appearance ; that admirable constitution , the result of a threefold power , insensibly arose ; † and the eye might even then discover the verdant summits of that fortunate ...
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... persons receiving pro- visions or benefices from the Pope were outlawed . - Ed . With the exception of the State of England during he Wars of the Roses , there is no period in which the people suffered greater miseries than during the ...
... persons receiving pro- visions or benefices from the Pope were outlawed . - Ed . With the exception of the State of England during he Wars of the Roses , there is no period in which the people suffered greater miseries than during the ...
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... person should be burnt or hanged who - 1 . in word or writing denied Transubstantiation ; 2. maintained that the communion was unnecessary ; 3. or maintained that it was lawful for priests to marry ; 4. or that vows of chastity might be ...
... person should be burnt or hanged who - 1 . in word or writing denied Transubstantiation ; 2. maintained that the communion was unnecessary ; 3. or maintained that it was lawful for priests to marry ; 4. or that vows of chastity might be ...
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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.