The Constitutional History of England: From the Accession of Henry VII, to the Death of George II, Bind 41827 |
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Side 3
... side was the sway of the balance . No clear understanding can be acquired of the political history of England without distinguishing , with some ac- curacy of definition , the two great parties of whig and tory . But this is not easy ...
... side was the sway of the balance . No clear understanding can be acquired of the political history of England without distinguishing , with some ac- curacy of definition , the two great parties of whig and tory . But this is not easy ...
Side 7
... side . If this indeed were all usurpation , the answer was ready ; but those who did not care to make it , or by their submission put it out of their power , were compelled to sacrifice not a little of that which had en- tered into the ...
... side . If this indeed were all usurpation , the answer was ready ; but those who did not care to make it , or by their submission put it out of their power , were compelled to sacrifice not a little of that which had en- tered into the ...
Side 8
... side , ii . 135 , etc. The distinction of old and modern whigs appeared again in this reign , the former professing , and in general feeling , a more steady attachment to the principles of civil liberty . Sir Peter King , sir Joseph ...
... side , ii . 135 , etc. The distinction of old and modern whigs appeared again in this reign , the former professing , and in general feeling , a more steady attachment to the principles of civil liberty . Sir Peter King , sir Joseph ...
Side 14
... side rather according to their present faction than their own prin- ciples . They passed a slight sentence , interdicting him only I Cunningham says that the duke of Leeds spoke strongly in fa- vour of the revolution , though he voted ...
... side rather according to their present faction than their own prin- ciples . They passed a slight sentence , interdicting him only I Cunningham says that the duke of Leeds spoke strongly in fa- vour of the revolution , though he voted ...
Side 15
... side , of ungrateful insolence on the other . But the interior of a court will rarely endure daylight . Though Godolphin and Marlborough , in whom the queen reposed her entire confidence , had been thought tories , they became gra ...
... side , of ungrateful insolence on the other . But the interior of a court will rarely endure daylight . Though Godolphin and Marlborough , in whom the queen reposed her entire confidence , had been thought tories , they became gra ...
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afterwards ancient Anne army assembly authority bill bishops Bolingbroke breach of privilege Brehon law catholics Charles church civil clergy cobite committed connexion constitution convocation council court crown declaration disaffection duke earl effect enacted England English established estates faction favour George George II Hanover Henry Henry VIII Hist house of commons house of Hanover house of lords house of parliament house of Stuart impeachment Ireland Irish jacobite James James II judges jurisdiction justice justly king king's kingdom lands least Leland letters liament liberty lord ment ministers monarchy nation never oath oath of supremacy offence Ormond Parl party perhaps persons petition political Poyning's law prerogative presbyterian pretender prince principles protestant queen reason rebellion reign religion revolution royal Scotland Scots seems sovereign Spain statutes Strafford Stuart supremacy tanistry throne tion tory Ulster VIII vote Walpole whigs whole writ
Populære passager
Side 272 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Side 272 - Ireland have not nor of right ought to have any jurisdiction to judge of, reverse, or affirm any judgment, sentence, or decree given or made in any court within the said kingdom ; and that all proceedings before the said House of Lords upon any such judgment, sentence, or decree are and are hereby declared to be utterly null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever.
Side 262 - THE Roman Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles the Second...
Side 262 - Catholics of this kingdom shall enjoy such privileges in the exercise of their religion, as are consistent with the laws of Ireland : or as they did enjoy in the reign of king Charles the Second : and their majesties, as soon as their affairs will permit them to summon a parliament in this kingdom, will endeavour to procure the said Roman Catholics such further security in that particular, as may preserve them from any disturbance upon the account of their said religion.
Side 83 - that the presence of a regular body of armed soldiers at an election of members to serve in Parliament is a high infringement of the liberties of the subject, a manifest violation of the freedom of elections, and an open defiance of the laws and constitution of this kingdom...
Side 49 - My lords, if ministers of state, acting by the immediate commands of their sovereign, are afterwards to be made accountable for their proceedings, it may one day or other be the case of all the members of this august assembly.
Side 2 - ... privileges. The battle had been fought and gained ; the statute-book , as it becomes more voluminous , is less interesting in the history of our constitution ; the voice of petition , complaint , or remonstrance is seldom to be traced in the journals; the crown in return...
Side 177 - Glenco, and that tribe, can be well separated from the rest, it will be a proper vindication of the public justice to extirpate that sect of thieves...
Side 264 - To have exterminated the catholics by the sword, or expelled them, like the Moriscoes of Spain, would have been little more repugnant to justice and humanity, but incomparably more politic.
Side 222 - ... service, and brought them to a place of meeting, where your garrison soldiers were appointed to be, who have there most dishonourably put them all to the sword : and this hath been by the consent and practice of the lord deputy for the time being.