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... means of the press or by others , becomes an object of real ambi- tion ; nor is this ambition always proportioned to the real abilities of those who feel it : very far from it . When the approbation of mankind is in question , all ...
... means of the press or by others , becomes an object of real ambi- tion ; nor is this ambition always proportioned to the real abilities of those who feel it : very far from it . When the approbation of mankind is in question , all ...
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... means ; nor even had the English kings a guard of more than a few scores of men , when their power , and the exertions they at times made of it , were equal to what has ever been related of the most absolute Roman emperors . The cause ...
... means ; nor even had the English kings a guard of more than a few scores of men , when their power , and the exertions they at times made of it , were equal to what has ever been related of the most absolute Roman emperors . The cause ...
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... means superior to them in point of virtue , or living in a continued state of vassalage under some powerful man , whom they durst not dis- miss . * The cause of the peculiarity , and in short the political phænomenon in the English ...
... means superior to them in point of virtue , or living in a continued state of vassalage under some powerful man , whom they durst not dis- miss . * The cause of the peculiarity , and in short the political phænomenon in the English ...
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... means subverted ; that William of Normandy legally acceded to the throne , and consequently to the engagements , of the Saxon kings ; and much argument has in particular been employed with regard to the word conquest , which , it was ...
... means subverted ; that William of Normandy legally acceded to the throne , and consequently to the engagements , of the Saxon kings ; and much argument has in particular been employed with regard to the word conquest , which , it was ...
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... means favourable to the general liberty . The lords were every thing ; and the bulk of the nation were accounted ... mean time , as the laws by virtue of which their masters were considered as vas- sals , had no relation to those by ...
... means favourable to the general liberty . The lords were every thing ; and the bulk of the nation were accounted ... mean time , as the laws by virtue of which their masters were considered as vas- sals , had no relation to those by ...
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The constitution of England; or, An account of the English government Jean Louis de Lolme Полный просмотр - 1784 |
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Стр. 33 - AN ACT DECLARING THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECT, AND SETTLING THE SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN.
Стр. 52 - 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 the 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. All this I promise to do.
Стр. 171 - And, lastly, to vindicate these rights when actually violated or attacked, the subjects of England are entitled, in the first place, to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law ; next, to the right of petitioning the king and parliament for redress of grievances ; and, lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defence.
Стр. 51 - 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?
Стр. 54 - 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.
Стр. 170 - 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.
Стр. 20 - ... Charta, forms the basis of the English constitution. If from the latter the English are to date the origin of their liberty, from the former they are to date the establishment of it : and as the Great Charter was the bulwark that protected the freedom of individuals, so was the statute in question the engine which protected the charter itself, and by the help of which the people were thenceforth to make legal conquests over the authority of the crown.
Стр. 105 - These pitiful evasions gave rise to the statute 16 Car. I. c. 10. § 8. whereby it is enacted, that if any person be committed by the king himself in person, or by his privy council, or by any of the members thereof, he shall have granted unto him, without any delay upon any pretence whatsoever, a writ of habeas corpus...
Стр. 106 - Guernsey, or any places beyond the seas, within or without the king's dominions; on pain that the party committing, his advisers, aiders, and assistants, shall forfeit to the party aggrieved a sum not less than 500Z.
Стр. 86 - But in a state where the ministers of the laws meet with obstacles at every step, even their strongest passions are continually put in motion; and that portion of public authority, deposited with them as the instrument of national tranquillity, easily becomes a most formidable weapon. Let us begin with the most favourable supposition, and imagine a prince whose intentions are in every case thoroughly upright; let us even suppose that he never lends an ear to the suggestions of those whose interest...