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... action of the various parts of ą state depends . The machine may vary as to its dimen- sions , but its movement and acting springs still remain intrinsically the same ; and that time cannot in any shape be considered as lost , which has ...
... action of the various parts of ą state depends . The machine may vary as to its dimen- sions , but its movement and acting springs still remain intrinsically the same ; and that time cannot in any shape be considered as lost , which has ...
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... actions betrayed his secret designs ; distrust took possession of the nation ; certain ambitious persons availed themselves of it to promote their own views ; and the storm , which would have blown over , burst forth anew . The ...
... actions betrayed his secret designs ; distrust took possession of the nation ; certain ambitious persons availed themselves of it to promote their own views ; and the storm , which would have blown over , burst forth anew . The ...
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... action . The king having concluded his declaration , withdraws . The parliament , which then is legally intrusted with the care of the national concerns , enters upon its functions , and continues to exist till it is prorogued , or ...
... action . The king having concluded his declaration , withdraws . The parliament , which then is legally intrusted with the care of the national concerns , enters upon its functions , and continues to exist till it is prorogued , or ...
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... to the principle of its action . It does not endeavour forcibly to overthrow it ; it only enervates its springs . What increases still more the mildness of the operation , is , that it is only to be applied to OF ENGLAND . 45.
... to the principle of its action . It does not endeavour forcibly to overthrow it ; it only enervates its springs . What increases still more the mildness of the operation , is , that it is only to be applied to OF ENGLAND . 45.
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... action , and was carried to excess by the religious quarrels which arose at that time . CHAP . VIII . NEW RESTRICTIONS . THE Commons , however , have not entirely relied on the advantages of the great prerogative with which the ...
... action , and was carried to excess by the religious quarrels which arose at that time . CHAP . VIII . NEW RESTRICTIONS . THE Commons , however , have not entirely relied on the advantages of the great prerogative with which the ...
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Page 33 - AN ACT DECLARING THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECT, AND SETTLING THE SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN.
Page 52 - 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 171 - 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 51 - 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 54 - 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.
Page 170 - 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 20 - ... Charta, forms the basis of the English constitution. If from the latter the English are to date the origin of their liberty, from the former they are to date the establishment of it : and as the Great Charter was the bulwark that protected the freedom of individuals, so was the statute in question the engine which protected the charter itself, and by the help of which the people were thenceforth to make legal conquests over the authority of the crown.
Page 105 - These pitiful evasions gave rise to the statute 16 Car. I. c. 10. § 8. whereby it is enacted, that if any person be committed by the king himself in person, or by his privy council, or by any of the members thereof, he shall have granted unto him, without any delay upon any pretence whatsoever, a writ of habeas corpus...
Page 106 - Guernsey, or any places beyond the seas, within or without the king's dominions; on pain that the party committing, his advisers, aiders, and assistants, shall forfeit to the party aggrieved a sum not less than 500Z.
Page 86 - But in a state where the ministers of the laws meet with obstacles at every step, even their strongest passions are continually put in motion; and that portion of public authority, deposited with them as the instrument of national tranquillity, easily becomes a most formidable weapon. Let us begin with the most favourable supposition, and imagine a prince whose intentions are in every case thoroughly upright; let us even suppose that he never lends an ear to the suggestions of those whose interest...