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... sovereign , were pro- pagated at court , and embraced by all who wished to procure the royal favour and pa- tronage . " When Waller , the poet , was 66 young , he had the curiosity to go to court ; and he stood in the circle and * King ...
... sovereign , were pro- pagated at court , and embraced by all who wished to procure the royal favour and pa- tronage . " When Waller , the poet , was 66 young , he had the curiosity to go to court ; and he stood in the circle and * King ...
Page 156
... sovereign ever pos- sessed of an unlimited authority ; that , in the latter part of the Anglo - Saxon govern- ment , and under the princes of the Nor- man and Plantagenet race , the chief power was in the hands of the nobility , or ...
... sovereign ever pos- sessed of an unlimited authority ; that , in the latter part of the Anglo - Saxon govern- ment , and under the princes of the Nor- man and Plantagenet race , the chief power was in the hands of the nobility , or ...
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... sovereign . Many circumstances , independent of the bad economy of the prince , contributed to render this an object of much greater magnitude than it had formerly been . The difficulties in which Elizabeth , from her peculiar situation ...
... sovereign . Many circumstances , independent of the bad economy of the prince , contributed to render this an object of much greater magnitude than it had formerly been . The difficulties in which Elizabeth , from her peculiar situation ...
Page 161
... sovereign , and to be cautious of introducing such precedents of taxation as might be hurtful to the community . The religious divisions of the kingdom became another source of alarm and jealousy , and the occasion of many dis- putes ...
... sovereign , and to be cautious of introducing such precedents of taxation as might be hurtful to the community . The religious divisions of the kingdom became another source of alarm and jealousy , and the occasion of many dis- putes ...
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... sovereign was prevailed upon to limit the disposal of those grants , and several important regulations upon this point were introduced * . From the manner in which the legislative business was conducted , a bill , being ori- ginally ...
... sovereign was prevailed upon to limit the disposal of those grants , and several important regulations upon this point were introduced * . From the manner in which the legislative business was conducted , a bill , being ori- ginally ...
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Page 152 - That as to dispute what God may do is blasphemy, ... so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power.
Page 435 - ... of the kingdom, and altered it from a legal and limited monarchy to an arbitrary despotic power, and had governed the same to the subversion of the Protestant religion, and violation of the laws and liberties of the nation, inverting all the ends of government; whereby he had forfaulted the right of the crown, and the throne was become vacant...
Page 153 - Whether he might not take his subjects' money, when he needed it, without all this formality of parliament ? Neile replied, u God forbid you should not : for you are the breath of our nostrils.
Page 235 - Your majesty having tried all ways, and being refused, you shall be acquitted before God and man. And you have an army in Ireland that you may employ to reduce this kingdom to obedience ; for I am confident the Scots cannot hold out five months.
Page 170 - ... replied that there were many precedents in the late queen's time, where she had restrained the house from meddling in politics of divers kinds. This, as a matter of fact, was too notorious to be denied. A motion was made for a committee " to search for precedents of ancient as well as later times, that do concern any messages from the sovereign magistrate, king or queen of this realm, touching petitions offered to the house of commons.
Page 452 - ... that it may be declared and enacted, That all and singular the rights and liberties asserted and claimed in the said declaration, are the true, ancient, and indubitable rights and liberties of the people of this kingdom...
Page 349 - For they assured him, that there was more in this matter than he perceived ; that those who put him upon it were no enemies to Charles Stuart ; and that if he accepted of it, he would infallibly draw ruin on himself and friends. Having thus sounded their inclinations, that he might conclude in the manner he had begun, he told them they were a couple of scrupulous fellows, and so departed.
Page 449 - That the railing or keeping a (landing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unlefs it be with confent of parliament, is againft law.
Page 56 - The glaring impofition upon the public, thus attempted by the authority and direction of the crown, affords a noted example of the unprincipled meafures of that reign, and conveys a ftrong...
Page 348 - Lieutenant-General with him, where he began to droll with them about monarchy, and speaking slightly of it, said it was but a feather in a man's cap, and therefore wondered that men would not please the children, and permit them to enjoy their rattle.