Dissertation on the first principles of governmentR. Carlile, 1819 - Political science |
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... authority , what- ever publications they please . This is an attempt at power , equalled only by the conduct of the minor despots of the most despotic Governments in Europe , and yet these Jus- tices affect to call England a free ...
... authority , what- ever publications they please . This is an attempt at power , equalled only by the conduct of the minor despots of the most despotic Governments in Europe , and yet these Jus- tices affect to call England a free ...
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... authority , and hoary - headed error loses its effect . The rea- sonableness and propriety of things must be examined abstractedly from custom and usage ; and in this point of view , the right which grows into practice to - day is as ...
... authority , and hoary - headed error loses its effect . The rea- sonableness and propriety of things must be examined abstractedly from custom and usage ; and in this point of view , the right which grows into practice to - day is as ...
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... authority to make laws but with his express con- sent , and that his sons , and his sons ' sons , whether wise or foolish , good men or bad , fit or unfit , should have the same power , and also the same money annually paid to them for ...
... authority to make laws but with his express con- sent , and that his sons , and his sons ' sons , whether wise or foolish , good men or bad , fit or unfit , should have the same power , and also the same money annually paid to them for ...
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... authority from them for so doing and with respect to posterity for ever , they had no right or authority whatever in the case . It was assumption and usurpation . I have reasoned very extensively against the principle of this Bill in ...
... authority from them for so doing and with respect to posterity for ever , they had no right or authority whatever in the case . It was assumption and usurpation . I have reasoned very extensively against the principle of this Bill in ...
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... authority to demand information upon all matters necessary to be en- quired into ; and no Minister , nor any other person , will dare to refuse it . It will then be seen whether seventeen millions of taxes are necessary , and for what ...
... authority to demand information upon all matters necessary to be en- quired into ; and no Minister , nor any other person , will dare to refuse it . It will then be seen whether seventeen millions of taxes are necessary , and for what ...
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Page 25 - He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and -the isles shall wait for his law.
Page 22 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings, as they roll And spread the truth from pole to pole. What, though in solemn silence all Move round...
Page 28 - In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
Page 6 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and •God saw that it was good.
Page 4 - In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep, And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light ; and there was light.
Page 36 - And these signs shall follow them that believe; in my name they shall cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Page 18 - Thus saith the Lord ; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord ; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Page 12 - And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land ; neither had the children of Israel manna any more ; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
Page 26 - NOW in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom...
Page 29 - Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 Saying, I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.