A Short History of ParliamentHarper, 1887 - 345 páginas |
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... practically a despotism , though its despotic character was considerably veiled by the constant use of constitutional forms . The natural consequence , how- ever , of the overwhelming strength of the Government was the growth of a ...
... practically a despotism , though its despotic character was considerably veiled by the constant use of constitutional forms . The natural consequence , how- ever , of the overwhelming strength of the Government was the growth of a ...
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... practically meant the Protestants . The germs of parliamentary opposition were , in fact , already making themselves dimly perceptible , though as yet in such an embryonic condition as to be of very slight importance as an obstacle to ...
... practically meant the Protestants . The germs of parliamentary opposition were , in fact , already making themselves dimly perceptible , though as yet in such an embryonic condition as to be of very slight importance as an obstacle to ...
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... practically at an end ; the out-十 break of the civil war was a mere question of time . SECTION 3. - The Revolutionary Period . The Commons at once acted vigorously and decidedly . They announced to the Lords that they would be glad of ...
... practically at an end ; the out-十 break of the civil war was a mere question of time . SECTION 3. - The Revolutionary Period . The Commons at once acted vigorously and decidedly . They announced to the Lords that they would be glad of ...
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... practically depriving themselves of the power of mak- ing them at all . Plausible therefore as Burnet's verdict may appear by the light of subsequent history , it seems , after a more thoughtful consideration of the circumstances , that ...
... practically depriving themselves of the power of mak- ing them at all . Plausible therefore as Burnet's verdict may appear by the light of subsequent history , it seems , after a more thoughtful consideration of the circumstances , that ...
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... practically left to the decisions of the courts of law in individual cases . No great change had attended the restoration of the old system of government in temporal matters ; but the question of the ecclesiastical constitution and ...
... practically left to the decisions of the courts of law in individual cases . No great change had attended the restoration of the old system of government in temporal matters ; but the question of the ecclesiastical constitution and ...
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Adullamites asserted became bishops boroughs brought Burke Cabinet carried Catholic Charles Church clause Cloth consent consequence constitutional corruption Court Crown debate declared Disraeli Duke Earl election England English fact favor franchise George George III Gladstone Half Calf Henry House of Commons House of Lords illegal impeachment important influence Irish king king's leaders legislative liament Long Parliament Lord John Russell Lord North Lord Palmerston majority matter measure ment Ministry mons moreover nation naturally once opinion opposition Palmerston Parlia Parliament parliamentary party passed Peel peers petitions Pitt political prerogative principle privilege Protestant queen question Reform Bill refused regarded reign result Revolution Richard Strode royal seat sent session Sir Robert Peel Sir Stafford Northcote Speaker speech statute Strafford summoned throne tion Tory views vote Walpole Warren Hastings Whigs whole Witan
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Página 99 - May it please your Majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here; and humbly beg your Majesty's pardon, that I cannot give any other answer than this to what your Majesty is pleased to demand of me.
Página 187 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Página 238 - I impeach him in the name of the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, whose parliamentary trust he has betrayed. ' I impeach him in the name of all the Commons of Great Britain, whose national character he has dishonored.
Página 187 - I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience. " Whether youth can be imputed to any man as a reproach, I will not, Sir, assume the province of determining ; but surely age may become justly contemptible, if the opportunities which it brings have passed away without improvement, and vice appears to prevail when the passions have subsided.
Página 99 - since I see all the birds are flown, I do expect from you that you shall send them unto me as soon as they return hither. But I assure you, on the word of a King, I never did intend any force, but shall proceed against them in a legal and fair way, for I never meant any other.
Página 133 - And yet this revolution, of all revolutions the least violent, has been, of all revolutions, the most beneficent. It finally decided the great question whether the popular element which had, ever since the age of Fitzwalter and De Montfort, been found in the English polity, should be destroyed by the monarchical element, or should be suffered to develop itself freely, and to become dominant.
Página 226 - This resistance to your arbitrary system of taxation might have been foreseen : it was obvious from the nature of things, and of mankind ; and above all, from the whiggish spirit flourishing in that country. The spirit which now resists your taxation in America, is the same which formerly opposed loans, benevolences, and ship-money in...