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Page 12
... Authority as Minifters , to give that Prince and Nation to the next Potentate who fhould be powerful enough to receive and maintain fo vaft a Pre- fent . However well difpofed Mens Minds may be , there are fome things which are not to ...
... Authority as Minifters , to give that Prince and Nation to the next Potentate who fhould be powerful enough to receive and maintain fo vaft a Pre- fent . However well difpofed Mens Minds may be , there are fome things which are not to ...
Page 57
... Authority tolerate Men ( who have no Compun & tion of Conscience ) in abufing fuch Inftruments of Glory and Honour to our Country as the Illuftrious Duke of Marlborough , fuch wife and faithful Managers as the late Earl of Godolphin ...
... Authority tolerate Men ( who have no Compun & tion of Conscience ) in abufing fuch Inftruments of Glory and Honour to our Country as the Illuftrious Duke of Marlborough , fuch wife and faithful Managers as the late Earl of Godolphin ...
Page 83
... Authority as the Queen and her Minifter , he thought it a good Action to convince all the World of the Ne- ceffity of Demolishing that Harbour , and that Neceffity is very diftin & ly reprefented in the 26th Page of the Pamphlet ...
... Authority as the Queen and her Minifter , he thought it a good Action to convince all the World of the Ne- ceffity of Demolishing that Harbour , and that Neceffity is very diftin & ly reprefented in the 26th Page of the Pamphlet ...
Page 110
... Authority ; the Occafion of their Difference has been reprefented to him , and the Matter referred to his Decifion . This first Step towards acting reasonably bas brought them to themselves ; and when the Per- Son , by an Appeal to whom ...
... Authority ; the Occafion of their Difference has been reprefented to him , and the Matter referred to his Decifion . This first Step towards acting reasonably bas brought them to themselves ; and when the Per- Son , by an Appeal to whom ...
Page 113
... Authority , the present Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain ; who in a late famous Tryal , did openly before Queen , Lords and Commons , maintain the Lawfulness of the Revolution under the Notion of Refift- ance , and affert before ...
... Authority , the present Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain ; who in a late famous Tryal , did openly before Queen , Lords and Commons , maintain the Lawfulness of the Revolution under the Notion of Refift- ance , and affert before ...
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Page 122 - 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 123 - ... king and queen of England, France and Ireland and the dominions thereunto belonging...
Page 156 - Lord, one thousand eight hundred and one, and for ever after, be united into one kingdom, by the name of The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Page 123 - And they do claim, demand and insist upon all and singular the premises as their undoubted rights and liberties, and that no declarations, judgments, doings or proceedings to the prejudice of the people in any of the said premises ought in any wise to be drawn hereafter into consequence or example.
Page 259 - ... it was written by one whose virtue sits easy about him, and to whom vice is thoroughly contemptible. It was said by one of this company, alluding to that knowledge of the world the author seems to have, ' The man writes much like a gentleman, and goes to heaven with a very good mien.
Page 119 - By levying money for and to the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative for other time and in other manner than the same was granted by Parliament; 5.
Page 125 - Now in pursuance of the premises, the said lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in parliament assembled, for the ratifying, confirming and establishing the said declaration, and the articles, clauses, matters, and things therein contained, by the force of a law made in due form by authority of parliament, do pray that it may be declared and enacted, That all and singular the rights and liberties asserted and claimed in the said declaration, are the true, ancient, and indubitable rights and...
Page 123 - To which demand of their rights they are particularly encouraged by the declaration of his highness the Prince of Orange, as being the only means for obtaining a full redress and remedy therein...
Page 121 - January, in this year one thousand six hundred eighty and eight, in order to such an establishment, as that their religion, laws, and liberties might not again be in danger of being subverted ; upon which letters, elections have been accordingly made. And thereupon the said lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, pursuant to their respective letters and elections, being now assembled in a full and free...
Page 128 - 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 and Ireland and the dominions thereunto belonging...