History of the English Parliament: From the revolution to the Reform Acts of 1884-85Ward, Lock, Bowden & Company, 1892 |
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... land in Holland ; if they were broken through in one point a general inundation followed . English Pro- testantism appeared to him a district embanked by the laws , and the power of universal Catholicism the great flood which it alone ...
... land in Holland ; if they were broken through in one point a general inundation followed . English Pro- testantism appeared to him a district embanked by the laws , and the power of universal Catholicism the great flood which it alone ...
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... land tax and the increased excise duties ( voted anew ) were not sufficient for the national requirements . A clause ... lands to the purposes of the war , and also raised the general subject of the limitation of the military privileges ...
... land tax and the increased excise duties ( voted anew ) were not sufficient for the national requirements . A clause ... lands to the purposes of the war , and also raised the general subject of the limitation of the military privileges ...
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... land tax , but the Commons resisted this as an infringement of their privileges . The Lords fought earnestly for the right of taxing themselves , and the Earl of Mulgrave , in a speech of many hours , marked by great force and eloquence ...
... land tax , but the Commons resisted this as an infringement of their privileges . The Lords fought earnestly for the right of taxing themselves , and the Earl of Mulgrave , in a speech of many hours , marked by great force and eloquence ...
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... land forces met with considerable opposition . A compromise was arrived at , the Commons voting 20,000 additional men , with which William ex- pressed himself satisfied . The vote for the land forces also amounted to about £ 2,500,000 ...
... land forces met with considerable opposition . A compromise was arrived at , the Commons voting 20,000 additional men , with which William ex- pressed himself satisfied . The vote for the land forces also amounted to about £ 2,500,000 ...
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... land unsaleable . Weak in other arguments , Ministers could only plead the overwhelming necessity for a loan if the war were to be carried on with vigour ; so on April 23rd the Lords passed the measure by a majority of twelve . The Bank ...
... land unsaleable . Weak in other arguments , Ministers could only plead the overwhelming necessity for a loan if the war were to be carried on with vigour ; so on April 23rd the Lords passed the measure by a majority of twelve . The Bank ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...