Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law. "
Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham ... - Page 275
by John Almon - 1810
Full view - About this book

A True Collection of the Writings of the Author of The True Born English-man

Daniel Defoe - English literature - 1703 - 500 pages
...the Rights of the People, declar'd by the Commons of England. Thefe are the Words, That the rai/ing and keeping a Standing Army within the Kingdom in time of Peace (unlefs it be by confent of Parliament) is unlawful. This was once urged to thefe Gentlemen before,...
Full view - About this book

The History of ... Massachusetts-Bay ...

Thomas Hutchinson - Massachusetts - 1828 - 568 pages
...liberties of the country. The bill of rights, passed immediately after the revolution, expressly declares, that " the raising and keeping a standing army within the kingdom in a time of peace, without the consent of parliament, is against law :" and we take this occasion to...
Full view - About this book

The Monthly magazine, Volume 49

Monthly literary register - 1820 - 694 pages
...subjects to petition the King ; and all commitments, and prosecutions for the same, are illegal. 6. That the raising, and keeping a standing army within the kingdom, in time of peace, is against law. 7- That Protestant subjects may bear arms for their defence, suitable to their condition,...
Full view - About this book

The Parliamentary Register: Proceedings and Debates, Volume 2

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1802 - 502 pages
...ancient rights and liberties do declare," several particulars, and amongst the rest, " that raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom, in time of peace, unless with consent of Parliament, is against law," and they P claim and insist upon all the premises as their...
Full view - About this book

The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Volume 1

Constitutional law - 1802 - 344 pages
...dangerous an authority, it became an article of the bill of rights then framed, that " raising or " keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of " peace, unless .with the consent of parliament, was against "law." In that kingdom, when the pulse of liberty was...
Full view - About this book

History of Great Britain, from the Revolution, 1688, to the ..., Volume 1

William Belsham - 1806 - 646 pages
...subject to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitiqnjng are illegal. That the raising and keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time. of peace, un}ess jj be by consent ef parliament, is against law. 4 584 APPENDIX. That the subjects being protestants,...
Full view - About this book

Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1

Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...thas t esp. K. republic. M*L Dbrr. MM. undv. 33. articles of the bill of rights v, that the raising or keeping a standing army -within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law. BUT, as the fashion of keeping standing armies (which was...
Full view - About this book

Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volume 11

Great Britain - 1807 - 542 pages
...mitments and Prosecutions for such peti" tioning-are illegal. '< VI. That the raising or keeping * " Standing Army within the Kingdom in " time of Peace, unless it be with consent of " Parliament is against law. " VII. That the Subjects which are «' Protestants, may...
Full view - About this book

The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ..., Volume 4

William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...King, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning, are illegal ; that the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law , that the subjects which are pfotestants may have arms*...
Full view - About this book

The speeches of the hon. Thomas Erskine ... when at the Bar, on ..., Volume 2

Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 478 pages
...and adverts, as I before stated, to a gross violation of it in a recent case. " That the raising or keeping a standing army " within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it " be with consent of Parliament, is against law;" «' That the subjects, which are Protestants, may " have...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF