The constitution of England, with life and notes by J. Macgregor |
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... sovereigns acquired power in Europe . One was Innocent III . , who at the age of only 37 years , and gifted with ... Sovereign of Normandy and England , it is probable that the language , the history , and the manners of both ...
... sovereigns acquired power in Europe . One was Innocent III . , who at the age of only 37 years , and gifted with ... Sovereign of Normandy and England , it is probable that the language , the history , and the manners of both ...
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... sovereigns who gave the law to their lord paramount . Hence , when these disappeared , the maxim became immediately established , The will of the king is the will of the law : -in old French , Que veut le roy , ce veut la loy . twice a ...
... sovereigns who gave the law to their lord paramount . Hence , when these disappeared , the maxim became immediately established , The will of the king is the will of the law : -in old French , Que veut le roy , ce veut la loy . twice a ...
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... sovereigns as should be able to maintain their power and independence . In a word , the feudal tyranny which over- spread the continent did not compensate , by any prepara- tion of distant advantages , the present calamities it caused ...
... sovereigns as should be able to maintain their power and independence . In a word , the feudal tyranny which over- spread the continent did not compensate , by any prepara- tion of distant advantages , the present calamities it caused ...
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... sovereign . The Commons , on the other hand , accustomed to act only a second part in public affairs , and finding themselves bereft of those who had hitherto been their leaders , were more than ever afraid to form , of themselves , an ...
... sovereign . The Commons , on the other hand , accustomed to act only a second part in public affairs , and finding themselves bereft of those who had hitherto been their leaders , were more than ever afraid to form , of themselves , an ...
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... sovereign authority over Spain and the empire of the American Indies , and over the dominions which he inherited from his grandmother , the sole heiress of the last Duke of Burgundy , and of the grandfather of her husband the Emperor ...
... sovereign authority over Spain and the empire of the American Indies , and over the dominions which he inherited from his grandmother , the sole heiress of the last Duke of Burgundy , and of the grandfather of her husband the Emperor ...
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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).
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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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