History of the English Parliament: From the revolution to the Reform Acts of 1884-85Ward, Lock, Bowden & Company, 1892 |
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... whole , though some were dissatisfied with the sovereign's demeanour . On the following day , when the royal answer was committed . read in the Commons , it was proposed to discuss the speech again . Mr. Wharton having moved a day for ...
... whole , though some were dissatisfied with the sovereign's demeanour . On the following day , when the royal answer was committed . read in the Commons , it was proposed to discuss the speech again . Mr. Wharton having moved a day for ...
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... whole administration would assume a Catholic character , " which was exactly James's object . " The case resembled that of the dykes which protected the land in Holland ; if they were broken through in one point a general inundation ...
... whole administration would assume a Catholic character , " which was exactly James's object . " The case resembled that of the dykes which protected the land in Holland ; if they were broken through in one point a general inundation ...
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... whole assembly should sign the Association formerly subscribed by the nobility and gentry at Exeter , and all agreed except the Duke of Somerset , the Earls 2 VOL . II . CHAP . II . The Con- vention . William offered Ix . ] 17 THE ...
... whole assembly should sign the Association formerly subscribed by the nobility and gentry at Exeter , and all agreed except the Duke of Somerset , the Earls 2 VOL . II . CHAP . II . The Con- vention . William offered Ix . ] 17 THE ...
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... whole of James's reign . vacant . From the constitutional point of view the situation The Throne was a perplexing one . Theoretically the kingship could declared not cease ; yet practically there was no king . The main difficulty was to ...
... whole of James's reign . vacant . From the constitutional point of view the situation The Throne was a perplexing one . Theoretically the kingship could declared not cease ; yet practically there was no king . The main difficulty was to ...
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... whole nation , the Commons had clearly the advantage . The upshot of this great critical dispute was that the Lords finally agreed with the vote of the Commons that James had abdicated the government , and that the throne was thereby ...
... whole nation , the Commons had clearly the advantage . The upshot of this great critical dispute was that the Lords finally agreed with the vote of the Commons that James had abdicated the government , and that the throne was thereby ...
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Página 561 - 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 400 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Página 556 - England, it is declared and enacted, That no Freeman may be taken or imprisoned, or be disseised of his Freehold or Liberties, or his Free Customs, or be outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, but by the lawful Judgment of his Peers, or by the Law of the Land.
Página 311 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.
Página 555 - Yet, nevertheless, of late divers commissions directed to sundry commissioners in several counties with instructions have issued, by means whereof your people have been in divers places assembled and required to lend certain sums of money unto your Majesty, and many of them upon their refusal so to do have had an oath administered unto them not warrantable by the laws or statutes of this realm...
Página 562 - That all and every person and persons that is, are, or shall be reconciled to, or shall hold communion with, the See or Church of Rome, or shall profess the Popish religion, or shall marry a Papist, shall be excluded, and be for ever incapable to inherit, possess, or enjoy the Crown and government of this realm...
Página 562 - ... in the Imperial Crown of this kingdom, shall, on the first day of the meeting of the first Parliament, next after his or her coming to the Crown, sitting in his or her throne in the House of Peers, in the presence of the Lords and Commons therein assembled, or at his or her coronation, before such person or persons who shall administer the Coronation Oath to him or her, at the time of his or her taking the said oath (which shall first happen), make, subscribe, and audibly repeat the declaration...
Página 555 - Statutum de tallagio non concedendo, that no tallage or aid shall be laid or levied by the King or his heirs in this realm, without the good will and assent of the Archbishops, Bishops, Earls, Barons, Knights, Burgesses, and other the freemen of the commonalty of this realm...
Página 560 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Página 560 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently. And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties...