The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution in 1688, Volume 14Inskeep & Bradford, 1811 - Great Britain |
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... on the contrary , their civil dissensions were every day increasing in magnitude and virulence . The faction hostile to the stadtholder , and ses of the Nether- lands . XXXIII . 1784 . poses to connected with France , 32 HISTORY OF THE.
... on the contrary , their civil dissensions were every day increasing in magnitude and virulence . The faction hostile to the stadtholder , and ses of the Nether- lands . XXXIII . 1784 . poses to connected with France , 32 HISTORY OF THE.
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... civil condition of various countries , with which our acquaintance before had been chiefly confined to geographical outlines and political relations . The travels of Messrs . Moore , Wraxal , Coxe , and others , into various parts of ...
... civil condition of various countries , with which our acquaintance before had been chiefly confined to geographical outlines and political relations . The travels of Messrs . Moore , Wraxal , Coxe , and others , into various parts of ...
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... civil and religious establishments of Hungary and its appendages , had the usual effect of schemes of reform founded on abstract principles , with- out regard to the character , sentiments , and habits of the people , and produced much ...
... civil and religious establishments of Hungary and its appendages , had the usual effect of schemes of reform founded on abstract principles , with- out regard to the character , sentiments , and habits of the people , and produced much ...
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... civil tribunal of literary property . of Scotland . The compilers of the Scottish Encyclopedia had inserted in that work large extracts from Dr. Gilbert Stewart's history of Scotland , and his history of the refor- mation of Scotland ...
... civil tribunal of literary property . of Scotland . The compilers of the Scottish Encyclopedia had inserted in that work large extracts from Dr. Gilbert Stewart's history of Scotland , and his history of the refor- mation of Scotland ...
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... civil , commercial , and political intercourse were to be adjusted . In whatever related to the lading and unlading of ships , the safety of merchandise , goods and effects , the succession to personal estates , as well as the ...
... civil , commercial , and political intercourse were to be adjusted . In whatever related to the lading and unlading of ships , the safety of merchandise , goods and effects , the succession to personal estates , as well as the ...
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Page 341 - III. The nation is essentially the source of all sovereignty; nor can any INDIVIDUAL, or ANY BODY OF MEN, be entitled to any authority which is not expressly derived from it.
Page 341 - VII. No man should be accused, arrested, or held in confinement, except in cases determined by the law, and according to the forms which it has prescribed. All who promote, solicit, execute, or cause to be executed, arbitrary orders, ought to be punished...
Page 438 - The valour of others acquired, I enlarged, and gave shape and consistency to the dominion which you hold there : I preserved it : I sent forth its armies with an effectual but economical hand through unknown and hostile regions, to the support of your other possessions, to the retrieval of one from degradation and dishonour, and of the other from utter loss and subjection. I maintained the wars which were of your formation, or that of others, not of mine...
Page 341 - The right to property being inviolable and sacred, no one ought to be deprived of it, except in cases of evident public necessity, legally ascertained, and on condition of a previous just indemnity.
Page 341 - X. No man ought to be molested on account of his opinions, not even on account of his religious opinions, provided his avowal of them does not disturb the public order established by the law.
Page 182 - I impeach him in the name of human nature itself, which he has cruelly outraged, injured, and oppressed, in both sexes, in every age, rank, situation, and condition...
Page 229 - ... a project for dividing the royal family from each other — for separating the court from the state ; and therefore by disjoining government from its natural and accustomed support, a scheme for disconnecting the authority to command service from the power of animating it by reward, and for allotting to the prince all the invidious duties of government without the means of softening them to the public by any one act of grace, favour, or benignity.
Page 114 - ... private, nay interested, and irritated, individual. He, who formally is, and substantially ought to be, the judge, is in reality no more than ministerial, a mere executive instrument of a private man, who is at once judge and party. Every idea of judicial order is subverted by this procedure. If the insolvency be no crime, why is it punished with arbitrary imprisonment ? If it be a crime, why is it delivered into private hands to pardon without discretion, or to punish without mercy and without...
Page 181 - I impeach him in the name of the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, whose Parliamentary trust he has betrayed. I impeach him in the name of all the Commons of Great Britain, whose national character he has dishonored.
Page 98 - ... goods, and effects, the disposal of property of every sort and denomination, by sale, donation or exchange, or in any other manner whatsoever, as also the administration of justice, the subjects and citizens of the two contracting parties shall enjoy, in their respective dominions, the same privileges, liberties, and rights, as the most favoured nation...