The Constitution of EnglandBaldwyn & Company, 1821 - 518 pages |
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... prince , denominated the Anglo - Saxon princes , among whom Al- fred the Great and Edward the Confessor are particularly celebrated , reigned for about two hundred years : but , though our knowledge of the principal events of this early ...
... prince , denominated the Anglo - Saxon princes , among whom Al- fred the Great and Edward the Confessor are particularly celebrated , reigned for about two hundred years : but , though our knowledge of the principal events of this early ...
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... prince who kept the greater part of his army in his own pay , and who was placed at the head of a people over whom he was an hereditary sovereign , -circumstances which gave a totally different turn to the govern- ment of that kingdom ...
... prince who kept the greater part of his army in his own pay , and who was placed at the head of a people over whom he was an hereditary sovereign , -circumstances which gave a totally different turn to the govern- ment of that kingdom ...
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... prince , having ascended the throne to the exclusion of his elder brother , was sensible that he had no other means to maintain his power than by gaining the affection of his subjects ; at the same time , he perceived that it must be ...
... prince , having ascended the throne to the exclusion of his elder brother , was sensible that he had no other means to maintain his power than by gaining the affection of his subjects ; at the same time , he perceived that it must be ...
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... prince to a degree of excessive severity , he soon beheld a general confederacy formed against him and here we must observe another circumstance , highly advantageous as well as peculiar to England . England was not , like France , an ...
... prince to a degree of excessive severity , he soon beheld a general confederacy formed against him and here we must observe another circumstance , highly advantageous as well as peculiar to England . England was not , like France , an ...
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... prince ( maxims against which ambition perpetually contends , and which it sometimes even openly and absolutely denies , ) here was substituted a written law , that is , a truth admitted by all Nullus liber homo capiatur , vel ...
... prince ( maxims against which ambition perpetually contends , and which it sometimes even openly and absolutely denies , ) here was substituted a written law , that is , a truth admitted by all Nullus liber homo capiatur , vel ...
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abuses advantages afterwards army assembly bill body called cause chapter Charles circumstances citizens civil common law consequence constitution consuls continued courts of equity crown danger decemvirs degree effect election enacted endeavoured English government enjoy established executive power exert fact farther favour force former frame give grant house of commons house of lords individuals influence instance judges jury justice kind king of England kingdom laws legislative legislature lish Livy lords magistrates manner matter means ment mention military monarchs nation nature necessary neral never observe opinion parliament peculiar persons Petition of Right political possessed prætor precautions prerogative present prince principles privilege procure proposed public liberty punishment regard reign remedy render republic respect revolution Roman Roman republic Rome senate sion sovereign taken Tarpeian rock things tion tribunes Twelve Tables vernment whole writ