An Historical View of the English Government: From the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain, to the Revolutin in 1688 : to which are Subjoined, Some Dissertations Connected with the History of the Government, from the Revolution to the Present Time, Band 3J. Mawman, 1818 |
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... lords , the remaining allodial proprietors of land , into a state of feudal dependence upon the king ; an event similar to that which took place in England at the Norman Conquest ; and in France , during the reign of Hugh Capet and his ...
... lords , the remaining allodial proprietors of land , into a state of feudal dependence upon the king ; an event similar to that which took place in England at the Norman Conquest ; and in France , during the reign of Hugh Capet and his ...
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... Lord Hales , an author whose acute researches concern- ing ancient facts , and whose extreme caution in advanc ing any conjecture with respect to their causes , are equally conspicuous , asserts that the collection of old laws as ...
... Lord Hales , an author whose acute researches concern- ing ancient facts , and whose extreme caution in advanc ing any conjecture with respect to their causes , are equally conspicuous , asserts that the collection of old laws as ...
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... lord Hales has the candour to insert at the end of his dissertation , and by which it should seem , that his labours upon that subject are applied to the history of Scotland , it occurs as GOVERNMENT OF SCOTLAND . 25.
... lord Hales has the candour to insert at the end of his dissertation , and by which it should seem , that his labours upon that subject are applied to the history of Scotland , it occurs as GOVERNMENT OF SCOTLAND . 25.
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... a blunder , and a very gross one , of later " writers , for which the author is not answerable . " [ See Lord Hales ' Dissertation on the LL . Malcolmi . ] ing fiefs upon their kindred and followers ; that it 26 REVIEW OF THE.
... a blunder , and a very gross one , of later " writers , for which the author is not answerable . " [ See Lord Hales ' Dissertation on the LL . Malcolmi . ] ing fiefs upon their kindred and followers ; that it 26 REVIEW OF THE.
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... lords became the vassals of the crown ; but we have no information as to the period when the inferior military people became the vassals of the great lords . It is natural to con- clude , therefore , that the feudal subordination of the ...
... lords became the vassals of the crown ; but we have no information as to the period when the inferior military people became the vassals of the great lords . It is natural to con- clude , therefore , that the feudal subordination of the ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 154 - His word ; so it is presumption and high contempt in a subject to dispute what a king can do, or say that a king cannot do this or that...
Seite 170 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Seite 461 - 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.
Seite 458 - 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 464 - ... that it may be declared and enacted, That all and singular the rights and liberties asserted and claimed in the said declaration, are the true, ancient, and indubitable rights and liberties of the people of this kingdom...
Seite 448 - ... despotic power, and had governed the same to the subversion of the protestant religion, and violation of the laws and liberties of the nation, inverting all the ends of government ; whereby he had forfaulted the right of the crown, and the throne was become vacant.
Seite 239 - Your majesty having tried all ways, and being refused, you shall be acquitted before God and man. And you have an army in Ireland that you may employ to reduce this kingdom to obedience ; for I am confident the Scots cannot hold out five months.
Seite 155 - he had the curiosity to go to court ; and he stood in the circle, and saw James dine ; where, among other company, there sat at table two bishops, Neile and Andrews. The king proposed aloud this question, Whether he might not take his subjects...
Seite 239 - God and man. And you have an army in Ireland, that you may employ to reduce this kingdom to obedience ; for I am confident the Scots cannot hold out five months. L. Arch. (Laud) " You have tried all ways, and have always been denied, it is now lawful to take it by force.
Seite 244 - If he must die, it were charity to reprieve him till Saturday.