The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution: The Treatise of J. L. de Lolme ... with an Historical and Legal Introduction, and Notes, Volume 1J. W. Parker, 1838 - Constitutional history |
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... present day are utterly disclaimed . Under the " Saxon Period , " - Changes effected by the Saxons ; Prerogatives of the Saxon Kings ; the Witena Gemot ; Personal Ranks in Society ; Local Divisions of the Country ; and the Municipal ...
... present day are utterly disclaimed . Under the " Saxon Period , " - Changes effected by the Saxons ; Prerogatives of the Saxon Kings ; the Witena Gemot ; Personal Ranks in Society ; Local Divisions of the Country ; and the Municipal ...
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... present Church of England ; and that sect , com- monly called " Roman Catholics , " are nothing but a mere body of dissenters from the Anglican Church . An outline of the early history of the principal PREFACE . dogmas of the Anglican ...
... present Church of England ; and that sect , com- monly called " Roman Catholics , " are nothing but a mere body of dissenters from the Anglican Church . An outline of the early history of the principal PREFACE . dogmas of the Anglican ...
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... present to deliver the receipt to her myself . At the same time I mention the noble earl's great punctuality , I think I may be allowed to say a word of my own merits . I waited , before I pre- sumed to trouble his lordship , till I was ...
... present to deliver the receipt to her myself . At the same time I mention the noble earl's great punctuality , I think I may be allowed to say a word of my own merits . I waited , before I pre- sumed to trouble his lordship , till I was ...
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... present edition , two ( the 10th and 11th , B. I. ) contain , among other things , a few strictures on the Courts of Equity ; in which I wish it may be found I have not been mistaken ; of the two others , one ( 19th , B. II . ) contains ...
... present edition , two ( the 10th and 11th , B. I. ) contain , among other things , a few strictures on the Courts of Equity ; in which I wish it may be found I have not been mistaken ; of the two others , one ( 19th , B. II . ) contains ...
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... present work , I have found it necessary , in this new edition , to render somewhat more complete the 17th chapter , Book II . , On the peculiar foundations of the English monarchy as a monarchy ; as I found its tendency not to be very ...
... present work , I have found it necessary , in this new edition , to render somewhat more complete the 17th chapter , Book II . , On the peculiar foundations of the English monarchy as a monarchy ; as I found its tendency not to be very ...
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Page 348 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Page 214 - ... and was incarnate by the HOLY GHOST of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered and was buried, and the third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the quick and the dead ; whose kingdom shall have no end.
Page 470 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, or Ireland, or the dominions thereunto belonging, (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, — except such as are born of English parents), shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament, or to enjoy any office or place of trust, either civil or military, or to have any grant of lands, CHAP, tenements, or hereditaments, from the crown,...
Page 221 - Christ : and that there is made a conversion of the whole substance of the bread into the body, and of the whole substance of the wine into the blood ; which conversion the Catholic Church calls Transubstantiation.
Page 214 - And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and Giver of life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe one Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins, And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the life of the world to come. Amen.
Page 468 - 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.
Page 373 - Majesty that no man hereafter be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of Parliament.
Page 287 - THE body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life ! Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee ; and feed on him in thy heart by faith with thanksgiving.
Page 467 - That king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the original Contract between king and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental Laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom, has abdicated the Government, and that the Throne is thereby become vacant.
Page 434 - ... he should make it his special care, so far as in him lay, without invading the freedom of Parliament, to incline their wisdom next approaching sessions to concur with him in making some such act for that purpose, as may enable him to exercise, with a more universal satisfaction, that power of dispensing which he conceived to be inherent in him...