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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Page 422
... petition the Throne ; and in the meantime , they presented a petition , which they had been long preparing , against the employ- ment of recusants in the public service , with a list ap- pended of persons in offices of trust who were ...
... petition the Throne ; and in the meantime , they presented a petition , which they had been long preparing , against the employ- ment of recusants in the public service , with a list ap- pended of persons in offices of trust who were ...
Page 468
... petition : ' We present this , our humble petition , to your majesty , with the care not only of preserv- ing our liberties , but with due regard to leave entire that sovereign power wherewith your majesty is trusted for the protection ...
... petition : ' We present this , our humble petition , to your majesty , with the care not only of preserv- ing our liberties , but with due regard to leave entire that sovereign power wherewith your majesty is trusted for the protection ...
Page 469
... petition of right , June 2 , 1628 . which had distinguished every part of his conduct , he CHAP . disappointed the general hopes , by answering it thus : ' that right be done according to law , and the statutes be put in due execution ...
... petition of right , June 2 , 1628 . which had distinguished every part of his conduct , he CHAP . disappointed the general hopes , by answering it thus : ' that right be done according to law , and the statutes be put in due execution ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS | 115 |
CHAPTER III | 241 |
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