The Parliaments and Councils of England, Chronologically Arranged, from the Reign of William I. to the Revolution in 1688 ...

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J. Murray, 1839 - Constitutional history - 603 pages

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Page 379 - I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this Place, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose Servant I am here, and I humbly beg your Majesty's pardon, that I cannot give any other answer than this, to what your Majesty is pleased to demand of me.
Page xlviii - his Heirs, and for the Estate of the Realm and of the People, should be treated, accorded, and established in Parliament by the King, and by the Assent of the Prelates, Earls, and Barons, and the Commonalty of the Realm, according as had been before accustomed:
Page 520 - For shame, get you gone, give place to honester men ; to those who will more faithfully discharge their Trust. You are no longer a Parliament. I tell you, you are no longer a Parliament. The Lord has done with you. He has chosen other Instruments for carrying on his Work.
Page 336 - Majesty's Dominions (of the interruption in Scotland, somewhat shall be said in its due time and place) enjoyed the greatest calm, and the fullest measure of felicity, that any people in any age, for so long time together, have been blessed with, to the wonder
Page 324 - The best form of Government is that, which doth actuate and dispose every part and member of the State to the common good ; and as those parts give strength and ornament to the whole, so they receive from it again strength and protection in their several stations and degrees.
Page 315 - in contributing what the state at this time needs; I must, in discharge of my conscience, use other means, which God hath put into my hands to save that which the follies of some particular men may otherwise hazard to lose.
Page 526 - I think it my duty to tell you, that it is not for the profit of these nations, nor for common and public good, for you to continue here any longer, and therefore I do declare unto you, that I do dissolve this Parliament.
Page 322 - We humbly present this Petition to your Majesty, not only with a care of preserving our own Liberties, but with due regard to leave entire that Sovereign Power, wherewith your Majesty is trusted for the protection, safety and happiness of the People.
Page 393 - (2) That, whensoever the King maketh war upon the Parliament, it is a breach of the Trust reposed in him by his People, contrary to his Oath, and tending to the Dissolution of the Government. (3) That, whosoever shall serve or assist in such wars, are Traitors by the Fundamental Laws of
Page 92 - and established, in Parliaments, by the King, and by the assent of the Prelates, Earls and Barons, and the Commonalty of the Realm, according as had been before accustomed.

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