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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... REIGN OF ELIZABETH . PAGE 1 CHAPTER II . CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND USAGES UNDER THE TUDORS AND THEIR PREDECESSORS , WHICH EITHER WERE PREJUDICIAL TO FREEDOM , OR ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN SO ...
... REIGN OF ELIZABETH . PAGE 1 CHAPTER II . CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND USAGES UNDER THE TUDORS AND THEIR PREDECESSORS , WHICH EITHER WERE PREJUDICIAL TO FREEDOM , OR ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN SO ...
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... reign of King John , and early in that of his suc- cessor ; the writs for their election , in the 49th of Henry III . , are extant , ‡ and from the reign of Edward I. they formed a distinct branch of the legislature . Writers who have ...
... reign of King John , and early in that of his suc- cessor ; the writs for their election , in the 49th of Henry III . , are extant , ‡ and from the reign of Edward I. they formed a distinct branch of the legislature . Writers who have ...
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... Reign of Queen Elizabeth , tells us , ' That as well in this reign ' ( Richard the Second's ) as some of his predeces- sors and successors , the parliament was so tender in granting subsidies and other taxes , that they added into their ...
... Reign of Queen Elizabeth , tells us , ' That as well in this reign ' ( Richard the Second's ) as some of his predeces- sors and successors , the parliament was so tender in granting subsidies and other taxes , that they added into their ...
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... reign , in treating of the illegal and oppressive government of Richard II . says , All men were well acquainted with what tributes and taxations the Frenchmen were charged , having in every ample for the future , appointing pe- culiar ...
... reign , in treating of the illegal and oppressive government of Richard II . says , All men were well acquainted with what tributes and taxations the Frenchmen were charged , having in every ample for the future , appointing pe- culiar ...
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... Reign of Henry IV . p . 250 . This is the title which the trea- tise bears in the MS . in the British Museum and in the Archbishop's Library at Lambeth . CHAP . 1 . CHAP . plundered of the first reward of their industry.
... Reign of Henry IV . p . 250 . This is the title which the trea- tise bears in the MS . in the British Museum and in the Archbishop's Library at Lambeth . CHAP . 1 . CHAP . plundered of the first reward of their industry.
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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...