An Entire and Complete History, Political and Personal, of the Boroughs of Great Britain;: To which is Prefixed, an Original Sketch of Constitutional Rights, from the Earliest Period Until the Present Time ... In Two Volumes Octavo, Količina 1G. Riley, 1792 |
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Stran 26
... SUCH was the ftrong fenfe the Britons had of their natural rights and authority over their Governors , that , not even the period of 480 years intercourse with the Romans , could obliterate the practice ( A. D. 447. ) of electing their ...
... SUCH was the ftrong fenfe the Britons had of their natural rights and authority over their Governors , that , not even the period of 480 years intercourse with the Romans , could obliterate the practice ( A. D. 447. ) of electing their ...
Stran 27
... SUCH is the fenfe of natural right implanted in the human mind , that the most unlettered have the most pure , fimple , and efficient fenti- ments of freedom . Before the arts of refinement unnerve the vigour of the intellect , and ...
... SUCH is the fenfe of natural right implanted in the human mind , that the most unlettered have the most pure , fimple , and efficient fenti- ments of freedom . Before the arts of refinement unnerve the vigour of the intellect , and ...
Stran 33
... such fynod we read of being held by the Saxons , that they were the commune concilium , the wittena - gemote , or the parliament of the kingdom . It was in one of these meetings that the grand league and union between the Britons ...
... such fynod we read of being held by the Saxons , that they were the commune concilium , the wittena - gemote , or the parliament of the kingdom . It was in one of these meetings that the grand league and union between the Britons ...
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... SUCH were their ideas of freedom , that one of its most fundamental principles was LIBERTY OF So tender were the Saxons of impri- foning any perfon , that even their bond - men fuf- fered very feldom this punishment - Vinculis coër ...
... SUCH were their ideas of freedom , that one of its most fundamental principles was LIBERTY OF So tender were the Saxons of impri- foning any perfon , that even their bond - men fuf- fered very feldom this punishment - Vinculis coër ...
Stran 51
... such as may be termed E 2 * See a moft judicious and learned enquiry into this subject , entitled , An Account of the Ancient Divifion of the English Na- tion into Hundreds and Tithings , by that zealous friend to the constitution , Mr ...
... such as may be termed E 2 * See a moft judicious and learned enquiry into this subject , entitled , An Account of the Ancient Divifion of the English Na- tion into Hundreds and Tithings , by that zealous friend to the constitution , Mr ...
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Stran 155 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Stran 164 - That no person who has an office or place of profit under the King, or receives a pension from the Crown, shall be capable of serving as a Member of the House of Commons.
Stran 156 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties, and that no declarations, judgments, doings or proceedings to the prejudice of the people in any of the said premises ought in any wise to be drawn hereafter into consequence or example.
Stran 217 - I grant that every child shall be his father's heir, after his father's days; and I will not suffer any person to do you wrong. God keep you.
Stran 33 - HOBART (according to order) reported from the Committee of the whole Houfe...
Stran 154 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws, or the execution of laws, by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal.
Stran 155 - That election of members of parliament ought to be free. That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Stran 284 - Members to ferve in Parliament, and for the preventing bribery and corruption in the election of Members to ferve in Parliament, for the Borough of Hindon, in the county of Wilts, be now read.
Stran 276 - ... to conceal through what channel it was conveyed to the electors. A person concealed under a ludicrous and fantastical disguise, and called by the name of Punch, was placed in a small apartment, and, through a hole in the door, delivered out to the voters parcels containing twenty guineas each : upon which they were conducted to another apartment in the same house...
Stran 153 - By raising and keeping a standing army within this Kingdom in time of peace without consent of Parliament, and quartering soldiers contrary to law: By causing several good subjects being Protestants to be disarmed at the same time when papists were both armed and employed contrary to law: By violating the freedom of election of members to serve in Parliament: By prosecutions in the Court of King's Bench for matters and causes cognizable only in Parliament, and by divers other arbitrary and illegal...