Memoirs of John Selden: And Notices of the Political Contest During His TimeOrr and Smith, 1835 - 374 páginas |
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... liberty - that struggle which stained England for the last time with the bloodshed of civil war : -that struggle in which one Monarch died upon the scaffold , and another was ejected from the throne ; -in which the nation escaped from ...
... liberty - that struggle which stained England for the last time with the bloodshed of civil war : -that struggle in which one Monarch died upon the scaffold , and another was ejected from the throne ; -in which the nation escaped from ...
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... liberty ; for history records that few ever aimed or arrived to be a tyrant , that did not subvert the existing government as a vehement clamourer for freedom . It is true , that the Independents in the time of Charles , and the ...
... liberty ; for history records that few ever aimed or arrived to be a tyrant , that did not subvert the existing government as a vehement clamourer for freedom . It is true , that the Independents in the time of Charles , and the ...
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... liberty ; and between the genuine adherence and the false pretence to what is true . But none , except those who are profoundly studied , can com- prehend the elaborate contrivance of a fabric fitted to unite private and public liberty ...
... liberty ; and between the genuine adherence and the false pretence to what is true . But none , except those who are profoundly studied , can com- prehend the elaborate contrivance of a fabric fitted to unite private and public liberty ...
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... liberty , to resume his labours in parlia- Fresh efforts in the cause of national liberty were met by the court party by fresh repetitions of outrage . Eliot was committed to the King's Bench , and thence to the Tower , from which ...
... liberty , to resume his labours in parlia- Fresh efforts in the cause of national liberty were met by the court party by fresh repetitions of outrage . Eliot was committed to the King's Bench , and thence to the Tower , from which ...
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... liberty , rather than to civil liberty for the sake of presbytery † . MR . BULSTRODE WHITELOCKE was the son of a judge of the same name , and was born in 1605 , in the house of Sir George Crooke , in London , who was his mother's uncle ...
... liberty , rather than to civil liberty for the sake of presbytery † . MR . BULSTRODE WHITELOCKE was the son of a judge of the same name , and was born in 1605 , in the house of Sir George Crooke , in London , who was his mother's uncle ...
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Página 66 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Página 313 - ... it is accorded, that if any other case supposed treason which is not above specified, doth happen before any justices, the justices shall tarry without any going to judgment of the treason, till the cause be shewed and declared before the King and his parliament, whether it ought to be judged treason or other felony.
Página 309 - Parliaments, and the liberties of the kingdoms, and to preserve and defend the King's Majesty's person and authority, in the preservation and defence of the true religion and liberties of the kingdoms, that the world may bear witness with our consciences of our loyalty, and that we have no thoughts or intentions to diminish His Majesty's just power and greatness.
Página 218 - Pollers of the people : these, like the Frogs of Egypt, have gotten possession of our dwellings, and we have scarce a room free from them. They sup in our cup.
Página 305 - James's time took an excellent way. That Part of the Bible was given to him who was most excellent in such a Tongue (as the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs) and then they met together, and one read the Translation, the rest holding in their Hands some Bible, either of the learned Tongues, or French, Spanish, Italian, &c. If they found any Fault, they spoke; if not, he read on.
Página 363 - ... books, and had never spent an hour but in reading and writing ; yet his humanity, courtesy, and affability...
Página 95 - England, and the maintenance and making of laws, and redress of mischiefs and grievances, which daily happen within this realm, are proper subjects and matter of counsel and debate in Parliament; and that in the handling and proceeding of those businesses every member of the House of Parliament hath, and of right ought to have, freedom of speech to propound, treat, reason and bring to conclusion the same...
Página 158 - Such is that of inquisition, or inquest of office ; which is an inquiry made by the king's officer, his sheriff, coroner, or escheator, virtute officii, or by writ to them sent for that purpose, or by commissioners specially appointed, concerning any matter that entitles the king to the possession of lands or tenements, goods or chattels.
Página 236 - Three kingdoms' wonder, and three kingdoms' fear; While single he stood forth, and seem'd, although Each had an army, as an equal foe. Such was his force of eloquence, to make The hearers more concern'd than he that spake; Each seem'd to act that part he came to see, And none was more a...
Página 309 - That we shall in like manner, without respect of persons, endeavour the extirpation of popery, prelacy, (that is, church government by archbishops, bishops, their chancellors and commissaries, deans, deans and chapters, archdeacons, and all other ecclesiastical officers depending on that hierarchy...