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Page 10
Let the King therefore render to the law what the law has vested in him with
regard to others — dominion and power : for he is not truly King where will and
pleasure rule , and not the law . ” And again , “ The King also hath a superior -
namely ...
Let the King therefore render to the law what the law has vested in him with
regard to others — dominion and power : for he is not truly King where will and
pleasure rule , and not the law . ” And again , “ The King also hath a superior -
namely ...
Page 14
And though these offences seem to be rather against the kingdom than the
Crown , yet as the public has delegated all its powers with regard to the
execution of the laws to one visible magistrate , all affronts to those powers are
offences ...
And though these offences seem to be rather against the kingdom than the
Crown , yet as the public has delegated all its powers with regard to the
execution of the laws to one visible magistrate , all affronts to those powers are
offences ...
Page 16
As regards foreign commerce , that is left to the law of merchants . The Queen ,
being the representative of her people , has the sole power of sending
ambassadors to foreign states , and of receiving ambassadors at home . And in
her Majesty ...
As regards foreign commerce , that is left to the law of merchants . The Queen ,
being the representative of her people , has the sole power of sending
ambassadors to foreign states , and of receiving ambassadors at home . And in
her Majesty ...
Page 22
With regard to the appointment of the other members of the Ministry , the
Sovereign has no authoritative voice in their selection ; that duty is left to the
Prime Minister , who chooses his colleagues , and then submits their names for
royal ...
With regard to the appointment of the other members of the Ministry , the
Sovereign has no authoritative voice in their selection ; that duty is left to the
Prime Minister , who chooses his colleagues , and then submits their names for
royal ...
Page 24
Thus , in 1795 , Earl Fitzwilliam , when Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland , was recalled
on account of having favoured a policy with regard to Roman Catholic
emancipation which was embarrassing to the Government . The motives of the
recall were ...
Thus , in 1795 , Earl Fitzwilliam , when Lord - Lieutenant of Ireland , was recalled
on account of having favoured a policy with regard to Roman Catholic
emancipation which was embarrassing to the Government . The motives of the
recall were ...
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Page 79 - The school-boy whips his taxed top — the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle on a taxed road ; — and the dying Englishman pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent.
Page 79 - ... raw material, taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man; taxes on the sauce which pampers man's appetite and the drug...
Page 191 - 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.
Page 213 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.
Page 216 - The power and jurisdiction of parliament, says Sir Edward Coke, is so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be confined. either for causes or persons, within any bounds.
Page 218 - ... of despotism, or the licentiousness of unbridled freedom — reconciling power with liberty : not adopting hasty or ill-advised experiments, or pursuing any airy and unsubstantial theories ; but not rejecting, nevertheless, the application of sound and wholesome knowledge to practical affairs, and pressing, with sobriety and caution, into the service of his country any generous and liberal principles, whose excess, indeed, may be dangerous, but whose foundation is in truth.
Page 167 - As long as our sovereign lord the king, and his faithful subjects the Lords and commons of this realm, the triple cord which no man can break...
Page 79 - The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which has paid...
Page 9 - Will you to the utmost of your " power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the " gospel, and the protestant reformed religion established " by the law ? And will you preserve unto the bishops and " clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to " their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do " or shall appertain unto them, or any of them ? — King " or queen. All this I promise to do.
Page 79 - His whole property is then immediately taxed from 2 to 10 per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble; and he is then gathered to his fathers, to be taxed no more.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Crown and Its Advisers; Or, Queen, Ministers, Lords and Commons |
| Author | Alexander Charles Ewald |
| Publisher | William Blackwood & sons, 1870 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 5 Jul 2006 |
| Length | 222 pages |
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