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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... , afforded proofs in more respects than one , that , though human wisdom may not al- ways be able to anticipate difficul- ties , yet , affifted by fortitude , it can 6 , DEDICATION . fucceed in terminating them in a more TO THE.
... , afforded proofs in more respects than one , that , though human wisdom may not al- ways be able to anticipate difficul- ties , yet , affifted by fortitude , it can 6 , DEDICATION . fucceed in terminating them in a more TO THE.
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... respect in a ftate of pri- mæval equality ; nor are those who are likely to obtain fome prize , to expect much fayour from the others . This defire of having their ideas communicated to , and approved by , the Public , was very preva ...
... respect in a ftate of pri- mæval equality ; nor are those who are likely to obtain fome prize , to expect much fayour from the others . This defire of having their ideas communicated to , and approved by , the Public , was very preva ...
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... respect . Any farther obfervations I may hereafter make on the English Government , fuch as comparing it with the other Governments of Europe , and exa- mining what difference in the manners of the inha- bitants of this Country may have ...
... respect . Any farther obfervations I may hereafter make on the English Government , fuch as comparing it with the other Governments of Europe , and exa- mining what difference in the manners of the inha- bitants of this Country may have ...
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... respects between the two kingdoms ; for this resemblance may perhaps fail in regard to fome important points : however , this is a fubject about which I fhall not attempt to fay any thing , not having the neceffary information . The ...
... respects between the two kingdoms ; for this resemblance may perhaps fail in regard to fome important points : however , this is a fubject about which I fhall not attempt to fay any thing , not having the neceffary information . The ...
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... respect , however , has of late taken place in France , where this book was first published , and opinions are now difcuffed there , and tenets avowed , which , in the time of Lewis the Fourteenth , would have appeared downright ...
... respect , however , has of late taken place in France , where this book was first published , and opinions are now difcuffed there , and tenets avowed , which , in the time of Lewis the Fourteenth , would have appeared downright ...
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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.
Page 52 - Happy had been the people, if their leaders, after having executed so noble a work, had contented themselves with the glory of being the benefactors of their country. Happy had been the king, if, obliged at last to submit, his...
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.