The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts, as Well in Manuscript as in Print, Found in the Late Earl of Oxford's Library, Interspersed with Historical, Political, and Critical Notes, Volume 5William Oldys, John Malham R. Dutton, 1810 - Great Britain Chronologically arranged with the original Samuel Johnson introduction, this collection offers rare and entertaining tracts and pamphlets in manuscript and printed forms. Interspersed are historical, political and critical notes from the library of Edward Harley, second earl of Oxford. This collection was edited by Harley's secretary, William Oldys, and Samuel Johnson in the original edition, 1744-1746. |
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... Matters of War or Peace . THE king hath power to declare and proclaim war , and to make and conclude peace , and truce , at his pleasure . The king hath power to make leagues and confederacies with foreign states , more strait and less ...
... Matters of War or Peace . THE king hath power to declare and proclaim war , and to make and conclude peace , and truce , at his pleasure . The king hath power to make leagues and confederacies with foreign states , more strait and less ...
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... matter of peace only . 2. For matter of peace and the crown . 3. For matter of nusance , disturbance , and disorder 24 CASES OF TREASON , & c .
... matter of peace only . 2. For matter of peace and the crown . 3. For matter of nusance , disturbance , and disorder 24 CASES OF TREASON , & c .
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... matters of common nusance and grievances , they are of a very variable nature , according to the several comforts which man's life and society require , and the contraries which infest the same . In all which , be it matter of ...
... matters of common nusance and grievances , they are of a very variable nature , according to the several comforts which man's life and society require , and the contraries which infest the same . In all which , be it matter of ...
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... matter criminal , and a plea of the crown , and therefore they are called coroners , or crowners , as one hath written , because their inquiry ought to be publick in Corona populi , These officers are chosen by the freeholders of the ...
... matter criminal , and a plea of the crown , and therefore they are called coroners , or crowners , as one hath written , because their inquiry ought to be publick in Corona populi , These officers are chosen by the freeholders of the ...
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... matter of record must not appear to disable him ? for , being settled by law , he is to be displaced by law , and not upon displeasure or surmise . 3. A third office is , the lieutenants in every county , in former times known ( for the ...
... matter of record must not appear to disable him ? for , being settled by law , he is to be displaced by law , and not upon displeasure or surmise . 3. A third office is , the lieutenants in every county , in former times known ( for the ...
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Page 104 - Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest ? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest.
Page 31 - For the sun, which we want, ripens wits as well as fruits ; and as wine and oil are imported to us from abroad, so must ripe understanding, and many civil virtues, be imported into our minds from foreign writings, and examples of best ages : we shall else miscarry still, and come short in the attempts of any great enterprise.
Page 394 - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king : and meddle not with them that are given to change...
Page 382 - Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon...
Page 376 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Page 70 - It is true we give law to hares and deer, because they be beasts of chase : it was never accounted either cruelty or foul play to knock foxes and wolves on the head as they can be found, because these be beasts of prey.
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Page 468 - While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Page 522 - ... even these twigs would not long flourish, when the stock upon which they grew was dead) : but as to true and real power, I should remain but the outside, but the picture, but the sign of a king.
Page 268 - We do engage unto you solemnly the word of a king, that the security of all and every one of you from violence is, and ever shall be, as much our care, as the preservation of us, and our children...