An Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution: From the Reign of Henry VII. to the Present Time |
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... restrained from doing : nor does it matter whether the government is called despotism , or monarchy , or republic ; wherever arbitrary power exists , there is ty ranny . For this reason it was that Mr. Fox said , in the height of the ...
... restrained from doing : nor does it matter whether the government is called despotism , or monarchy , or republic ; wherever arbitrary power exists , there is ty ranny . For this reason it was that Mr. Fox said , in the height of the ...
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... restrained by the act of Quia emptores ( 18 Edw . I. ) which directs that upon all sales , or grants of land in fee , the sub - tenant shall hold , not of the immediate , but of the superior lord , Blackstone , b . ii . c . 4 . A ...
... restrained by the act of Quia emptores ( 18 Edw . I. ) which directs that upon all sales , or grants of land in fee , the sub - tenant shall hold , not of the immediate , but of the superior lord , Blackstone , b . ii . c . 4 . A ...
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... restraining the abuse of the press previous to publication , which does not control the use : the imperfect civilization of Austria and Spain bears witness to this truth . The government of France , without sanctioning so strict a sys ...
... restraining the abuse of the press previous to publication , which does not control the use : the imperfect civilization of Austria and Spain bears witness to this truth . The government of France , without sanctioning so strict a sys ...
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... restrained . It is a passion inspired , as Sidney truly says , by Nature herself . In the manner of exercising this power , and satisfying this desire of the people , and in the portion of controul retained by them , free states have ...
... restrained . It is a passion inspired , as Sidney truly says , by Nature herself . In the manner of exercising this power , and satisfying this desire of the people , and in the portion of controul retained by them , free states have ...
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... restrained , intolerance favoured , our allies deserted , our enemies encouraged , and a disadvantageous peace concluded . Indeed , had not Queen Anne died before the measures of the Jaco- bites were prepared , the Elector of Hanover ...
... restrained , intolerance favoured , our allies deserted , our enemies encouraged , and a disadvantageous peace concluded . Indeed , had not Queen Anne died before the measures of the Jaco- bites were prepared , the Elector of Hanover ...
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Page 109 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Page 258 - All this is true if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new.
Page 102 - And whereas the Laws of England are the birthright of the people thereof, and all the Kings and Queens, who shall ascend the Throne of this realm, ought to administer the Government of the same according to the said laws, and all their officers and ministers ought to serve them respectively according to the same...
Page 376 - Ye cannot make us now less capable, less knowing, less eagerly pursuing of the truth, unless ye first make yourselves, that made us so, less the lovers, less the founders of our true liberty. We can grow ignorant again, brutish, formal, and slavish, as ye found us; but you then must first become that which ye cannot be, oppressive, arbitrary and tyrannous, as they were from whom ye have freed us.
Page 203 - The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants: it is always unknown ; it is different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion to which human nature is liable.
Page 148 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Page 112 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Page 376 - If it be desired to know the immediate cause of all this free writing and free speaking, there cannot be assigned a truer than your own mild and free and humane government. It is the liberty, Lords and Commons, which your...
Page 3 - Smith (?'), they be made good cheap in this kingdom ; for whosoever studieth the laws of the realm, who studieth in the universities, who professeth the liberal sciences, and, (to be short,) who can live idly, and without manual labour, and will bear the port, charge, and countenance of a gentleman, he shall be called master, and shall be taken for a gentleman.
Page 47 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England; and that the arduous and urgent affairs concerning the King, State, and defence of the realm and of the Church of England, and the maintenance and making of laws, and redress of mischiefs and grievances which daily happen within this realm, are proper subjects and matter of counsel and debate in Parliament...