A Constitutional History of the British Empire: From the Accession of Charles I. to the Restoration: with an Introd., Tracing the Progress of Society and of the Constitution from the Feudal Times to the Opening of the History, and Including a Particular Examination of Mr. Hume's Statements Relative to the Character of the English Government, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1866 - Constitutional history |
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... liberty ; but as the popu- lation emancipated itself , it came within the pale of laws originally enacted for the benefit of a particular class . The feudal system was gradually subverted by the rise of towns , where the inhabitants ...
... liberty ; but as the popu- lation emancipated itself , it came within the pale of laws originally enacted for the benefit of a particular class . The feudal system was gradually subverted by the rise of towns , where the inhabitants ...
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... liberty in former times ! He incul- cates the notion that the English enjoyed no more freedom than the inhabitants of France and other continental states ; and that they were not themselves sensible of any superior privileges . But ...
... liberty in former times ! He incul- cates the notion that the English enjoyed no more freedom than the inhabitants of France and other continental states ; and that they were not themselves sensible of any superior privileges . But ...
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... liberty given by Mr. Hume ; and as I am afraid I have scarcely done justice to them in the text , I earnestly recommend them to the reader's perusal . ( Note A. ) HOUSES OF YORK AND LANCASTER . I. necessarily imbued with 8 ...
... liberty given by Mr. Hume ; and as I am afraid I have scarcely done justice to them in the text , I earnestly recommend them to the reader's perusal . ( Note A. ) HOUSES OF YORK AND LANCASTER . I. necessarily imbued with 8 ...
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... liberty allowed in the choice of trades and professions , and had a free trade in grain been permitted , the evil would have been greatly mitigated , as much of the superfluous population dismissed from estates might have found ...
... liberty allowed in the choice of trades and professions , and had a free trade in grain been permitted , the evil would have been greatly mitigated , as much of the superfluous population dismissed from estates might have found ...
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... liberty . But Henry re- tained some kindness for his former favourite , and allowed him to retire with the means of supporting a splendid establishment . * The blow against the cardinal was fol- lowed up by another against the whole ...
... liberty . But Henry re- tained some kindness for his former favourite , and allowed him to retire with the means of supporting a splendid establishment . * The blow against the cardinal was fol- lowed up by another against the whole ...
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Page 143 - ... general councils, or any of them ; or by any other general council, wherein the same was declared heresy by the express and plain words of canonical scripture, or such as shall hereafter be declared to be heresy by the high court of parliament, with the assent of the clergy in convocation.
Page 344 - The duke was indeed a very extraordinary person; and never any man, in any age, nor, I believe, in any country or nation, rose, in so short a time, to so much greatness of honour, fame and fortune, upon no other advantage or recommendation than of the beauty and gracefulness and becomingness of his person.
Page 121 - , it is enacted that no man shall be attached by any accusation nor forejudged of life or limb, nor his lands, tenements, goods nor chattels seized into the King's hands against the form of the Great Charter and the law of the land...