An Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution,: From the Reign of Henry VII. to the Present TimeLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821 - 320 Seiten |
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... never knew any instance of a villein in gross , that is , of a villein transferable by sale , and not attached to the soil , in the king- dom ; and that the few villeins attached to the soil , who remained , were such only as had ...
... never knew any instance of a villein in gross , that is , of a villein transferable by sale , and not attached to the soil , in the king- dom ; and that the few villeins attached to the soil , who remained , were such only as had ...
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... never taken notice of gentlemen . * From the reign of Henry III . , at least , the legal equality of all ranks below the peerage was , to every essential purpose , as complete as at present . Compare two writers nearly contemporary ...
... never taken notice of gentlemen . * From the reign of Henry III . , at least , the legal equality of all ranks below the peerage was , to every essential purpose , as complete as at present . Compare two writers nearly contemporary ...
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... never ceased to work upon our frame of go- vernment , as a sculptor fashions the model of a favourite statue . It is an art that is now sel- dom used , and the disuse has been attended with evils of the most alarming magnitude . CHAP ...
... never ceased to work upon our frame of go- vernment , as a sculptor fashions the model of a favourite statue . It is an art that is now sel- dom used , and the disuse has been attended with evils of the most alarming magnitude . CHAP ...
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... with having written " a slanderous and infamous libel against the Queen's Majesty , " was tried for a felony , and condemned . The * Note ( D ) at the end of the volume . sentence was never executed , but the poor man , 42 QUEEN ELIZABETH .
... with having written " a slanderous and infamous libel against the Queen's Majesty , " was tried for a felony , and condemned . The * Note ( D ) at the end of the volume . sentence was never executed , but the poor man , 42 QUEEN ELIZABETH .
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... never executed , but the poor man , after several years ' confinement , died in prison . The judge told the jury to find him only author of the book , for the offence had been already determined to be felony by the judges . A gentleman ...
... never executed , but the poor man , after several years ' confinement , died in prison . The judge told the jury to find him only author of the book , for the offence had been already determined to be felony by the judges . A gentleman ...
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Seite 99 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Seite 104 - That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king ; and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.
Seite 233 - All this is true if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new.
Seite 87 - And whereas the Laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and all the Kings and Queens, who shall ascend the Throne of this realm, ought to administer the Government of the same according to the said laws, and all their officers and ministers ought to serve them respectively according to the same...
Seite 192 - The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants: it is always unknown ; it is different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion to which human nature is liable.
Seite 51 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Seite 130 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Seite 200 - As it is in the body, so it is in the mind ; practice makes it what it is : and most even of those excellences which are looked on as natural endowments, will be found, when examined into more narrowly, to be the product of exercise, and to be raised to that pitch only by repeated actions.
Seite 303 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
Seite 110 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...