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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... ecclesiastical , the other the lay - barons ; each of which claimed , at least on some occasions , a separate voice in the assembly . But after the creation of royal boroughs the king was induced , from similar circumstances in the ...
... ecclesiastical , the other the lay - barons ; each of which claimed , at least on some occasions , a separate voice in the assembly . But after the creation of royal boroughs the king was induced , from similar circumstances in the ...
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... ecclesiastical and mercantile orders became unavoidably subordinate to that more powerful body ; and their measures were deeply tainted with the prevailing leaven of aristocracy . The delegates of the boroughs were more especially ...
... ecclesiastical and mercantile orders became unavoidably subordinate to that more powerful body ; and their measures were deeply tainted with the prevailing leaven of aristocracy . The delegates of the boroughs were more especially ...
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... ecclesiastical benefices , con- tinued afterwards to interest themselves in the new establishment , and particularly to guard against the future designs of the crown for in- creasing the power and revenue of the church . For this ...
... ecclesiastical benefices , con- tinued afterwards to interest themselves in the new establishment , and particularly to guard against the future designs of the crown for in- creasing the power and revenue of the church . For this ...
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... ecclesiastical order in parliament . The prelates , whom James retained in that assem- bly , were a sort of bishops possessed of small revenue , destitute of all authority , and loaded with the contempt and censures of the church . But ...
... ecclesiastical order in parliament . The prelates , whom James retained in that assem- bly , were a sort of bishops possessed of small revenue , destitute of all authority , and loaded with the contempt and censures of the church . But ...
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... a particular modification to their intellectual pursuits . The great ferment ex- cited over the whole nation , and the rooted an- 1 tipathy to the former ecclesiastical doctrines , produced a GOVERNMENT OF SCOTLAND . 87.
... a particular modification to their intellectual pursuits . The great ferment ex- cited over the whole nation , and the rooted an- 1 tipathy to the former ecclesiastical doctrines , produced a GOVERNMENT OF SCOTLAND . 87.
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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.