A Short History of Anglo-Saxon Freedom: The Polity of the English-speaking Race. Outlined in Its Inception, Development, Diffusion and Present ConditionC. Scribner's sons, 1890 - 420 páginas |
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... doubt , it would be prudent to defer the execution of such a task as the present one until that time . What probability is there , however , that the mighty march of Anglo - Saxondom will in these ages , ever press less confusingly upon ...
... doubt , it would be prudent to defer the execution of such a task as the present one until that time . What probability is there , however , that the mighty march of Anglo - Saxondom will in these ages , ever press less confusingly upon ...
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... doubt , told the whole story to the son . It is that the strong warrior sprang up vigorously , and holding on high his dripping hands full of wet sand : " See , my lords , " he cried , " by the splendor of God , I have taken possession ...
... doubt , told the whole story to the son . It is that the strong warrior sprang up vigorously , and holding on high his dripping hands full of wet sand : " See , my lords , " he cried , " by the splendor of God , I have taken possession ...
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... doubt he was a sad scourge to his new domain ; and yet it is not slight praise which our infant history accords him , pleasantly lisping in the Anglo - Saxon chronicle : " Man mihte faran ofer his rice mid his bosme fullum goldes ...
... doubt he was a sad scourge to his new domain ; and yet it is not slight praise which our infant history accords him , pleasantly lisping in the Anglo - Saxon chronicle : " Man mihte faran ofer his rice mid his bosme fullum goldes ...
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... doubt , have perished ; but the election at the coronation in the case of each was carefully observed . It appeared , perhaps , to be a mere perfunctory ceremony , but it had by no means lost all of its earlier real importance . With ...
... doubt , have perished ; but the election at the coronation in the case of each was carefully observed . It appeared , perhaps , to be a mere perfunctory ceremony , but it had by no means lost all of its earlier real importance . With ...
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... doubt , intended . that they should appear merely as witnesses ; but it was important . For the last two or three reigns the divided nation had been growing together . French and Anglo - Saxon were blending fast into one speech ...
... doubt , intended . that they should appear merely as witnesses ; but it was important . For the last two or three reigns the divided nation had been growing together . French and Anglo - Saxon were blending fast into one speech ...
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Página 386 - 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.
Página 390 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Página 242 - The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers.
Página 391 - Westminster do resolve that William and Mary, prince and princess of Orange, be and be declared king and queen...
Página 385 - And whereas of late great companies of soldiers and mariners have been dispersed into divers counties of the realm, and the inhabitants against their wills have been compelled to receive them into their houses, and there to suffer them to sojourn, against the laws and customs of this realm and to the great grievance and vexation of the people.
Página 387 - By levying money for and to the use of the Crown, by pretence of prerogative, for other time, and in other manner than the same was granted by Parliament. 5. By raising and keeping a standing army within this kingdom in time of peace, without consent of Parliament, and quartering soldiers contrary to law.
Página 390 - ... heirs of the body of Her Majesty; and for default of such issue to Her Royal Highness the princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body...
Página 387 - Whereas the late king James the Second by the assistance of divers evil counsellors, judges and ministers employed by him did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant religion and the laws and liberties of this kingdom.
Página 371 - HUGH, and others our liegemen, have, in the first place, granted to God, and by this our present Charter confirmed, for us and our heirs forever : 1. That the Church of England shall be free, and have her whole rights, and her liberties inviolable...
Página 105 - It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do; good Christians content themselves with his will revealed in his Word; so it is presumption and high contempt in a subject to dispute what a king can do; or to say that a king cannot do this or that; but rest in that which is the king's will revealed in his law.