The History of England, Volume 4Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green and J. Taylor, 1835 - Great Britain |
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Page 319 - House hath like freedom from all impeachment, imprisonment, and molestation (other than by the censure of the House itself) for or concerning any bill, speaking, reasoning, or declaring of any matter or matters touching the Parliament, or parliament business ; and that if any of the said members be complained of and questioned for any thing...
Page 319 - 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...
Page 318 - In the conclusion he observed that " although he could not allow of the style, calling their privileges an undoubted right and inheritance, but could rather have wished that they had said that their privileges were derived from the grace and permission of his ancestors and himself...
Page 55 - ... my estate is nothing correspondent for the maintenance of this dignity ; for my father dying left me a younger brother, and nothing to me but my bare annuity. Then growing to man's estate, and some small practice of the law, I took a wife, by whom I have had many children, the keeping of us all being a great impoverishment to my estate, and the daily living of us all nothing but my daily industry.
Page 289 - Although Kings be not bound to give account of their actions to any but God alone, yet such are his Majesty's proceedings as he hath always been willing to bring them before sun and moon, and...
Page 126 - ' Bread ? ' quoth one. ' Bread ? ' quoth another. ' This voice seems strange,' quoth another. ' No,' quoth Mr. Hackwell, ' if order be not taken for these, bread will be there before the next Parliament.
Page 86 - Your profession of affection, and offer of good offices, are welcome to me. For answer to them I will say but this— that you have believed I have been kind to you, and you may believe that I cannot be other either upon humour or mine own election. I am a stranger to all poetical conceits, or else I should say somewhat of your poetical example.
Page 338 - We make this collection, that the pope will be very loth to grant a dispensation, which, if he will not do, then we would gladly have your directions how far we may engage you in the acknowledgment of the pope's special power, for we almost find, if you will be contented to acknowledge the pope chief head under Christ, that the match will be made without him...
Page 318 - ... of his in parliament. But, to put them out of doubt of any question of that nature that may arise among them hereafter, you shall resolve them in our name, that we think ourself very free and able to punish any man's misdemeanours in parliament, as well during their sitting as after...
Page 217 - ... of parliament, hath lately, in time of peace, set both greater impositions, and far more in number, than any your noble ancestors did ever in time of war...