He is above the law by his absolute power, and though for the better and equal course in making laws he do admit the three estates unto council, yet this in divers learned men's opinion is not of constraint but of his own benignity, or by reason of the... Rise of Constitutional Government in England - Página 121por Cyril Ransome - 1883 - 264 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Henry Hallam - 1827 - 648 páginas
...conformable to the new creed of the king's absolute or arbitrary power. Under the title King, it is said : " He is above the law by his absolute power, and though...course in making laws he do admit the three estates unto council, yet this in divers learned men's opinion is not of constraint but of his own benignity,... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1827 - 538 páginas
...conformable to the new creed of the king's absolute or arbitrary power. Under the title King, it is said : " He is above the law by his absolute power, and though for the better and equal course in making law he do admit the three estates unto council , yet this in divers learned men's opinion is not of... | |
| Jean Louis de Lolme, Archibald John Stephens - 1838 - 718 páginas
...improperly magnified the prerogative of the crown: thus, under the title " KING," he observes,—" He is above the law by his absolute power, and though,...course in making laws, he do admit the three estates unto council, yet this, in divers learned men's opinion, is not of constraint, but of his own benignity,... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1850 - 750 páginas
...to the new creed of the king's absolute or arbitrary power. Under the title King, it is said : — " He is above the law by his absolute power ; and though...course in making laws he do admit the three estates unto council, yet this in divers learned men's opinion is not of constraint, but of his own benignity,... | |
| British Empire - 1864 - 352 páginas
...doctrines of divine right, and one Dr Cowell published a book, in which it was alleged that 'the king is above the law by his absolute power; and though,...estates into council, yet this in divers learned men's opinions is not of constraint, but of his own benignity, or by reason of the promise made upon oath... | |
| William Chambers - 1874 - 386 páginas
...doctrines of divine right, and one Dr Cowell published a book, in which it was alleged that 'the king is above the law by his absolute power; and though,...estates into council, yet this in divers learned men's opinions is not of constraint, but of his own benignity, or by reason of the promise made upon oath... | |
| Thomas Pitt Taswell- Langmead - 1875 - 876 páginas
...extravagant assertions in support of the king's absolute power. Under the title King was written : ' He is above the law by his absolute power ; and though...course in making laws he do admit the three estates unto council, yet this in divers learned men's opinion is not of constraint, but of his own benignity,... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1876 - 448 páginas
...power. Under the title King, it is said,— " He is abcve the law by his absolute power; and thoxigh for the better and equal course in making laws he do admit the three estates unto council, yet this in divers learned men's opinion is not of constraint, but of his own benignity,... | |
| Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland, Sir Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland, Cyril Ransome - 1882 - 312 páginas
...imprisonment of Sir Thomas Shirley for a private debt). (t?) Under the heading "King" Cowell wrote: "He is above the law by his absolute power, and though...course in making laws, he do admit the Three Estates unto Council, yet this in divers learned men's opinion is not of constraint, but of his own benignity,... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1882 - 642 páginas
...power. Under the title King, it is paid, — "He is above the law by his absolute power; and though tor the better and equal course in making laws he do admit the three estates unto council, yet this in divers learned men's opinion is not of constraint, but of his own benignity,... | |
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