The Constitution of England: In which it is Compared Both with the Republican Form of Government, and the Other Monarchies in Europeproprietors of the English Classics, 1826 - 304 Seiten |
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... reign has , for many years past , afforded proofs , in more respects than one , that , though human wisdom may not always be able to anticipate difficulties , yet , assisted by fortitude , it can succeed in terminating them in a more ...
... reign has , for many years past , afforded proofs , in more respects than one , that , though human wisdom may not always be able to anticipate difficulties , yet , assisted by fortitude , it can succeed in terminating them in a more ...
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... reign , they would have very willingly defrayed the expenses of the publi- cation . In defect of encouragement from great men ( and even from booksellers ) , I had recourse to a subscription : and my having expected any success from ...
... reign , they would have very willingly defrayed the expenses of the publi- cation . In defect of encouragement from great men ( and even from booksellers ) , I had recourse to a subscription : and my having expected any success from ...
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... Reign of Charles VI . The word re - union expresses in the French law , or history , the reduction of a province to an immediate dependence on the crown . duced to subjection , had always forgotten theirs . Besides OF ENGLAND . $ 27.
... Reign of Charles VI . The word re - union expresses in the French law , or history , the reduction of a province to an immediate dependence on the crown . duced to subjection , had always forgotten theirs . Besides OF ENGLAND . $ 27.
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... reign of Henry the First , about forty years after the Conquest , that we see the above causes begin to operate . This prince , having ascended the throne to the exclusion of his elder brother , was sensible that he had no other means ...
... reign of Henry the First , about forty years after the Conquest , that we see the above causes begin to operate . This prince , having ascended the throne to the exclusion of his elder brother , was sensible that he had no other means ...
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... reign , became like a general banner perpetually set up for the union of all classes of the people ; and the foundation was laid on which those equitable laws were to rise , which offer the same assistance to the poor and weak as to the ...
... reign , became like a general banner perpetually set up for the union of all classes of the people ; and the foundation was laid on which those equitable laws were to rise , which offer the same assistance to the poor and weak as to the ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 64 - 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.
Seite 61 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Seite 45 - AN ACT DECLARING THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECT, AND SETTLING THE SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN.
Seite 176 - second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of " the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between " king and people — and, by the advice of Jesuits and other " wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, " and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom — has " abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby
Seite 112 - These pitiful evasions gave rise to the statute 16 Car. I. c. 10. § 8. whereby it is enacted, that if any person be committed by the king himself in person, or by his privy council, or by any of the members thereof, he shall have granted unto him, without any delay upon any pretence whatsoever, a writ of habeas corpus...
Seite 113 - Guernsey. 9. That no inhabitant of England (except persons contracting, or convicts praying, to be transported; or having committed some capital offence in the place to which they are sent) shall be sent prisoner to Scotland, Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, or any places beyond the seas, within or without the king's dominions; on pain that the party committing, his advisers, aiders, and assistants, shall forfeit to the party aggrieved a sum not less than 500Z.
Seite 126 - But here we must observe a difference between the legislative and the executive powers. The latter may be confined, and even is the more easily so, when undivided: the legislative, on the contrary, in order to its being restrained, should absolutely be divided. For, whatever laws it may make to restrain itself, they never can be, relatively to it...
Seite 113 - That every person committed for treason or felony shall, if he requires it the first week of the next term, or the first day of the next session of oyer and terminer...
Seite 210 - That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed; nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Seite 113 - Act, and signed by the person awarding them. 3. That the writ shall be returned, and the prisoner brought up within a limited time according to the distance, not exceeding in any case twenty days. 4. That officers and keepers neglecting to make due returns, or not delivering to the prisoner or his agent within six hours after demand a copy of the warrant of commitment, or shifting the custody of...