The Constitution of England, Or an Account of the English Government;: In which it is Compared, Both with the Republican Form of Government, and the Other Monarchies in EuropeG. Robinson, N° 25, Paternoster-Row; and J. Murray, N° 32, Fleet-Street., 1784 - Constitutional law - 540 pages |
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... ment prepoffeffions for this or that fide of public queftions , commonly in proportion as their know- ledge of the fubjects , is imperfect . It is however a fact , that their political prepoffeffions and party spirit are not productive ...
... ment prepoffeffions for this or that fide of public queftions , commonly in proportion as their know- ledge of the fubjects , is imperfect . It is however a fact , that their political prepoffeffions and party spirit are not productive ...
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... ment of England , and that of France , England , the great power of the Crown , under the Norman kings , created an union between the Nobility and the People . HEN the Romans , attacked on all WH fides by the Barbarians , were reduced ...
... ment of England , and that of France , England , the great power of the Crown , under the Norman kings , created an union between the Nobility and the People . HEN the Romans , attacked on all WH fides by the Barbarians , were reduced ...
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... the Crown of France was elective . The Princes of the reigning family had nothing more in their favour , than the custom of chufing one of that house , this epoch , authors date the complete establish- ment of OF ENGLAND . 11.
... the Crown of France was elective . The Princes of the reigning family had nothing more in their favour , than the custom of chufing one of that house , this epoch , authors date the complete establish- ment of OF ENGLAND . 11.
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... ment of the feudal fyftem in France . 1 On the other hand , the Lords who gave their fuffrages to Hugh Capet , forgot not the interest of their own ambition . They completed the breach of those feeble ties which fubjected them to the ...
... ment of the feudal fyftem in France . 1 On the other hand , the Lords who gave their fuffrages to Hugh Capet , forgot not the interest of their own ambition . They completed the breach of those feeble ties which fubjected them to the ...
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... ment he even impofed on them his tyranni- cal foreft laws ( a ) . He affumed the prerogative of impofing taxes . He invefted himself with the whole executive power of Government . But what ( a ) He referved to himself an exclufive ...
... ment he even impofed on them his tyranni- cal foreft laws ( a ) . He affumed the prerogative of impofing taxes . He invefted himself with the whole executive power of Government . But what ( a ) He referved to himself an exclufive ...
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Page 316 - That King James II., 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 the kingdom, has abdicated the government, and that the throne is thereby vacant.
Page 92 - 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.
Page 92 - 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?
Page 76 - He can bestow places and employments; but without his parliament he cannot pay the salaries attending on them. He can declare war ; but without his parliament it is impossible for him to carry it on. In a word, the royal prerogative, destitute...
Page 42 - York, united the pretensions of the two families, a general peace was re-established, and the prospect of happier days seemed to open on the nation. But the long and violent agitation under which it had laboured, was to be followed by a long and painful recovery. Henry, mounting the throne with...
Page 97 - M. st. 2. c. 2. as one of the liberties of the people, "that the freedom of speech, and debates, and proceedings in parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 317 - And, lastly, to vindicate these rights, when actually violated or attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law; next, to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defence.
Page 294 - ... to lay his complaints and observations before the public, by means of an open press. A formidable right this, to those who rule mankind ; and which, continually dispelling the cloud of majesty by which they are surrounded, brings them to a level with the rest of the people, and strikes at the very being of their authority. And indeed this privilege is that which has been obtained by the English nation with the greatest difficulty, and latest in point of time, at the expense of the executive power.
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Page 92 - The king or queen shall say : I solemnly promise so to do. Archbishop or bishop : Will you to your power cause law and justice, in mercy, to be executed in all your judgments ? King or queen : I will.