The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688. 5 vols. [in 9. The plates are dated 1797 to 1806].1812 |
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... farther growth in England . BUT it was the character of James's councils , throughout his whole reign , that they were more wise and equitable in their end , than prudent and political in the means . Though justly sensible that no part ...
... farther growth in England . BUT it was the character of James's councils , throughout his whole reign , that they were more wise and equitable in their end , than prudent and political in the means . Though justly sensible that no part ...
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... farther in vindication of their privileges , than to vote , that during the sitting of parliament , there do not , at any time , any writ go out for chusing or returning any member without the warrant of the house . In Eliza- beth's ...
... farther in vindication of their privileges , than to vote , that during the sitting of parliament , there do not , at any time , any writ go out for chusing or returning any member without the warrant of the house . In Eliza- beth's ...
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... farther in his favourite notions ; while he there saw , that the same resistance which opposed regal authority , violated all law and order , and made way either for the ravages of a barbarous nobility , or for the more intolerable ...
... farther in his favourite notions ; while he there saw , that the same resistance which opposed regal authority , violated all law and order , and made way either for the ravages of a barbarous nobility , or for the more intolerable ...
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... farther than to appoint forty - four English to meet with thirty - one Scottish commissioners , in order to deliberate concerning the terms of a union ; but with- out any power of making advances towards the esta- blishment of it ...
... farther than to appoint forty - four English to meet with thirty - one Scottish commissioners , in order to deliberate concerning the terms of a union ; but with- out any power of making advances towards the esta- blishment of it ...
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... farther necessities , by their refusing a bill , sent down to them by the lords , for entailing the crown lands for ever on the King's heirs and suc- cessors . The dissipation made by Elizabeth , had probably taught James the necessity ...
... farther necessities , by their refusing a bill , sent down to them by the lords , for entailing the crown lands for ever on the King's heirs and suc- cessors . The dissipation made by Elizabeth , had probably taught James the necessity ...
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Page 575 - Majesty, that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by Act of Parliament...
Page 537 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
Page 34 - My Lord, Out of the love I bear to some of ysur friends, I have a care of your preservation. Therefore I would advise you, as 'you tender your life, to devise some excuse to shift off your attendance at this parliament. For God and man have concurred to punish the wickedness of this time.
Page 575 - Majesty would be pleased to remove the said soldiers and mariners and that your people may not be so burdened in time to come. And that the aforesaid commissions for proceeding by martial law may be revoked and annulled. And that hereafter no commissions of like nature may issue forth to any person or persons whatsoever to be executed as aforesaid, lest by colour of them any of your Majesty's subjects be destroyed or put to death contrary to the laws and franchise of the land.
Page 574 - ... law of the land: And in the eight and twentieth year of the reign of King Edward the Third, it was declared and enacted by authority of Parliament, that no man of what estate or condition that he be, should be put out of his land or tenements, nor taken, nor imprisoned, nor disherited, nor put to death, without being brought to answer by due process of law...
Page 576 - ... for proceeding by martial law, may be revoked and annulled; and that hereafter no commissions of like nature may issue forth to any person or persons whatsoever, to be executed as aforesaid, lest by colour of them any of your Majesty's subjects be destroyed or put to death, contrary to the laws and franchise of the land.
Page 32 - Piercy was charmed with this project of Catesby; and they agreed to communicate the matter to a few more, and among the rest to Thomas Winter, whom they sent over to Flanders in quest of Fawkes, an officer in the Spanish service, with whose zeal and courage they were all thoroughly acquainted. "When they enlisted any new...
Page 574 - Parliament: and whereas no offender of what kind soever is exempted from the proceedings to be used, and punishments to be inflicted by the laws and statutes of this your realm; nevertheless of late...
Page 574 - ... divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned without any cause shewed; and when for their deliverance they were brought before your justices by your Majesty's writs of habeas corpus, there to undergo and receive as the court should order, and...
Page 253 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.