The Constitutional History of England: Since the Accession of George the Third, 1760-1860 : in Two Volumes, Volumen2Crosby and Nichols, 1863 |
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... maintained in harmonious action , is mainly due to the organization of parties , an agency hardly recog- nized by the Constitution , yet inseparable from Parlia- mentary government , and exercising the greatest influence , for good or ...
... maintained in harmonious action , is mainly due to the organization of parties , an agency hardly recog- nized by the Constitution , yet inseparable from Parlia- mentary government , and exercising the greatest influence , for good or ...
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... maintaining opposite principles , were unknown . The germs of party , in the councils and Parliament of England , generated by the Reformation , were The Puri- tans . first discernible in the reign of Elizabeth . The bold spirit of the ...
... maintaining opposite principles , were unknown . The germs of party , in the councils and Parliament of England , generated by the Reformation , were The Puri- tans . first discernible in the reign of Elizabeth . The bold spirit of the ...
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... maintained the divine and indefeasible right of the king , the supremacy of prerogative , and the duty of passive obedience . 66 The sup- 1 Bolingbroke's Dissertation on Parties , Works , iii . 52 . 2 Nothing can be more silly or ...
... maintained the divine and indefeasible right of the king , the supremacy of prerogative , and the duty of passive obedience . 66 The sup- 1 Bolingbroke's Dissertation on Parties , Works , iii . 52 . 2 Nothing can be more silly or ...
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... maintained the constitutional virtues of short parliaments , and denounced the dangers of parliamen- tary corruption , the undue influence of the Crown , and a standing army . Through all vicissitudes of time and circumstance , how ...
... maintained the constitutional virtues of short parliaments , and denounced the dangers of parliamen- tary corruption , the undue influence of the Crown , and a standing army . Through all vicissitudes of time and circumstance , how ...
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... maintained the ascendency of the Whig party until the fall of Sir Robert Walpole ; and of the same party , with other alliances , until the death of George II.2 Their rule , if signalized by a few measures which serve as landmarks in ...
... maintained the ascendency of the Whig party until the fall of Sir Robert Walpole ; and of the same party , with other alliances , until the death of George II.2 Their rule , if signalized by a few measures which serve as landmarks in ...
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Página 83 - They parted - ne'er to meet again! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs, which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between; But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Página 26 - ... patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show, but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.
Página 213 - The punishing of wits enhances their authority," saith the Viscount St. Albans, "and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth that flies up in the faces of them who seek to tread it out.
Página 552 - But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book — left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — .left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression — left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence...
Página 498 - a complete reform of the legislature, founded on the principles of civil, political, and religious liberty.
Página 76 - Bill implies merely a careful review of institutions, civil and ecclesiastical, undertaken in a friendly temper, combining, with the firm maintenance of established rights, the correction of proved abuses, and the redress of real grievances, in that case I can, for myself and colleagues, undertake to act in such a spirit, and with such intentions.
Página 168 - ... in direct opposition to the declared sense of a great majority of the nation, and they should be put in force with all their rigorous provisions, if his opinion were asked by the people as to their obedience, he should tell them, that it was no longer a question of moral obligation and duty, but of prudence.
Página 556 - The discretion of a judge is the law of tyrants : it is always unknown ; it is different in different men ; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice ; in the worst it is every vice, folly, and passion, to which human nature is liable.'*- — Lord Camden.
Página 103 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Página 216 - If all mankind, minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.