A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 |
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... resolved to write one myself , and even to compose it in English , in hopes that the difficulty of the task , particularly for a foreigner , would be an additional claim in my favour to the indulgence of the public , and that the ...
... resolved to write one myself , and even to compose it in English , in hopes that the difficulty of the task , particularly for a foreigner , would be an additional claim in my favour to the indulgence of the public , and that the ...
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... resolved to maintain in their full extent the pretensions of his father , had neither the same polemical means to oppose the ar- guments of a house of commons more enlightened than ever on the true principles of the constitution , nor ...
... resolved to maintain in their full extent the pretensions of his father , had neither the same polemical means to oppose the ar- guments of a house of commons more enlightened than ever on the true principles of the constitution , nor ...
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... resolved cautiously to observe how far they meant to go , and to stop them in time if he could . As long as James lived , the earl of Bristol , secure of the concealed esteem and favour of his majesty , had submitted to his commands of ...
... resolved cautiously to observe how far they meant to go , and to stop them in time if he could . As long as James lived , the earl of Bristol , secure of the concealed esteem and favour of his majesty , had submitted to his commands of ...
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... resolved to employ the interval in securing their rights and liberties against new violations . They affirmed that they did not pretend to any unusual powers or privileges , but only to preserve those which had been transmitted to them ...
... resolved to employ the interval in securing their rights and liberties against new violations . They affirmed that they did not pretend to any unusual powers or privileges , but only to preserve those which had been transmitted to them ...
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... resolved for ever to abandon their native coun- try . Charles had afterwards too good reason to repent this exercise of his authority . It must be confessed , however , that during the interval which elapsed from the dissolution of the ...
... resolved for ever to abandon their native coun- try . Charles had afterwards too good reason to repent this exercise of his authority . It must be confessed , however , that during the interval which elapsed from the dissolution of the ...
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الصفحة 479 - 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.
الصفحة 479 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
الصفحة 19 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
الصفحة 509 - 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 law...
الصفحة 472 - 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
الصفحة 177 - Consider, it will soon carry you a great way; it will carry you from earth to heaven; and there you shall find, to your great joy, the prize to which you hasten, a crown of glory.
الصفحة 7 - I pray you to consider what these new counsels are, and may be. I fear to declare those that I conceive. In all Christian kingdoms you know that parliaments were in use anciently, until the monarchs began to know their own strength ; and, seeing the turbulent spirit of their parliaments, at length they, by little and little, began to stand upon their prerogatives, and at last overthrew the parliaments throughout Christendom, except here only -with us.
الصفحة 297 - It was also enacted, that all magistrates should disclaim the obligation of the covenant, and should declare both their belief that it was not lawful, upon any pretence whatsoever, to resist the king, and their abhorrence of the traitorous position of taking arms by the king's authority against his person, or against those who were commissioned by him.
الصفحة 379 - Prosecutors, whether attorneys and solicitorsgeneral, or managers of impeachment, acted with the fury which in such circumstances might be expected ; juries partook, naturally enough, of the national ferment ; and judges, whose duty it was to guard them against such impressions, were scandalously active in confirming them in their prejudices and inflaming their passions.
الصفحة 480 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises, as their undoubted rights and liberties...