The British Prose Writers...: De Lolme on the constitutionJ. Sharpe, 1821 - British prose literature |
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... Roman commonwealth , and afterwards with the Roman emperors ; however imperfect the means of obtaining those ends might be in those days , compared with those which are used in ours . The same desire has been equally remarkable among ...
... Roman commonwealth , and afterwards with the Roman emperors ; however imperfect the means of obtaining those ends might be in those days , compared with those which are used in ours . The same desire has been equally remarkable among ...
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... Roman emperors . The cause of this peculiarity in the English government , is said , in the same chapter , to lie in the circumstance of the great or powerful men in England being divided into two distinct assemblies , and , at the same ...
... Roman emperors . The cause of this peculiarity in the English government , is said , in the same chapter , to lie in the circumstance of the great or powerful men in England being divided into two distinct assemblies , and , at the same ...
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... Romans , attacked on all sides by the barbarians , were reduced to the necessity of defend- ing the centre of their empire , they abandoned Great Britain , as well as several other of their di- stant provinces . The island thus left to ...
... Romans , attacked on all sides by the barbarians , were reduced to the necessity of defend- ing the centre of their empire , they abandoned Great Britain , as well as several other of their di- stant provinces . The island thus left to ...
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... Roman senate . * The time , therefore , seemed to be arrived , at which England must submit , in its turn , to the fate of the other nations of Europe . All those barriers which it had raised for the defence of its liberty seemed to ...
... Roman senate . * The time , therefore , seemed to be arrived , at which England must submit , in its turn , to the fate of the other nations of Europe . All those barriers which it had raised for the defence of its liberty seemed to ...
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... Roman laws . Under William the Conqueror , and his imme- diate successors , a multitude of foreign ecclesiastics flocked to the court of England . Their influence over the mind of the sovereign , which , in the other states of Europe ...
... Roman laws . Under William the Conqueror , and his imme- diate successors , a multitude of foreign ecclesiastics flocked to the court of England . Their influence over the mind of the sovereign , which , in the other states of Europe ...
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advantages afterwards army assembly attended bill body called cause CHAPTER Charles circumstances citizens civil common law consequence constitution consuls continued court of chancery courts of equity crown danger decemvirs declared degree effect election enacted endeavour England English government enjoy established executive authority executive power exert fact farther favour force former framing France give house of commons house of lords Hugh Capet individuals influence instance judges jury justice kind king king of England king's kingdom lative legislative legislature Livy lords magistrates manner matter means ment mention monarchs nation nature necessary never observe opinion oppression parliament peculiar persons political possessed prætor precautions prerogative present prince principles privilege procure proposed public liberty regard reign remedy render republic respect revolution Roman Roman republic Rome senate sovereign spirit taken things tion tribunes Twelve Tables whole words writ
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Page 86 - 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 160 - ... it the first week of the next term, or the first day of the next session of oyer and terminer...
Page 82 - 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 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 :
Page 35 - Nullus liber homo capiatur, vel imprisonetur, aut dissaisiatur, aut utlagetur, aut exuletur, aut aliquo modo destruatur, nee super eum ibimus, nee super eum mittemus, nisi per legale judicium parium suorum, vel per legem terrae.
Page 45 - 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 82 - The archbishop or bishop shall say. 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? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.
Page 66 - Norman-French (84); a badge, it must be owned, (now the only one remaining), of conquest; and which one could wish to see fall into total oblivion, unless it be reserved as a solemn memento to remind us that our liberties are mortal, having once been destroyed by a foreign force.
Page 159 - That officers and keepers neglecting to make due returns, or not delivering to the prisoner or his agent within six hours after demand a copy of the warrant of commitment, or shifting the custody of...
Page 82 - Power maintain the Laws of God, the true Profession of the Gospel and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by 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 and Queen : All this I promise to do.
Page 82 - 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.