The Crown and Its Advisers: Or, Queen, Ministers, Lords, & Commons |
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Page 51
Ever since the introduction of monarchial institutions into Britain , the Sovereign
has always been surrounded by a select band of confidential advisers to assist
him or her in the government of the country . At no time could the Sovereign act ...
Ever since the introduction of monarchial institutions into Britain , the Sovereign
has always been surrounded by a select band of confidential advisers to assist
him or her in the government of the country . At no time could the Sovereign act ...
Page 79
Released from official routine , he is in the first place free to assist his leader of
the Upper House in debate , and to master any subject likely to come up for
discussion . But beyond this obvious work there is a large part of statesmanship
which ...
Released from official routine , he is in the first place free to assist his leader of
the Upper House in debate , and to master any subject likely to come up for
discussion . But beyond this obvious work there is a large part of statesmanship
which ...
Page 80
... with the governance of hundreds of thousands or even millions of men , to turn
aside from such pressing work in order to assist him in some preparative task
intended to lay the basis of legislation , perhaps this session , perhaps next year .
... with the governance of hundreds of thousands or even millions of men , to turn
aside from such pressing work in order to assist him in some preparative task
intended to lay the basis of legislation , perhaps this session , perhaps next year .
Page 91
... the Attorney - General for Ireland , and the Lord Advo . cate for Scotland . The
Home Secretary , to assist him in his labours , has two under - secretaries , one
permanent and the other political , and a staff of clerks . · The Secretary of State
for ...
... the Attorney - General for Ireland , and the Lord Advo . cate for Scotland . The
Home Secretary , to assist him in his labours , has two under - secretaries , one
permanent and the other political , and a staff of clerks . · The Secretary of State
for ...
Page 95
He corresponds with the colonial governors , and makes such recoinmendations
or suggestions as may be expedient to assist the deliberations of the colonial
councils , and to promote the welfare of colonial subjects . In his hands is placed
...
He corresponds with the colonial governors , and makes such recoinmendations
or suggestions as may be expedient to assist the deliberations of the colonial
councils , and to promote the welfare of colonial subjects . In his hands is placed
...
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Page 83 - 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 83 - ... 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 11 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same?
Page 217 - 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 220 - 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 222 - ... 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 83 - 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 11 - 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 83 - 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.
Page 77 - He is the general guardian of all infants, idiots, and lunatics ; and has the general superintendence of all charitable uses in the kingdom. And all this over and above the vast and extensive jurisdiction which he exercises in his judicial capacity in the court of chancery...
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Crown and Its Advisers: Or, Queen, Ministers, Lords, & Commons The Crown and Its Advisers: Or, Queen, Ministers, Lords, & Commons, Alexander Charles Ewald |
| Author | Alexander Charles Ewald |
| Publisher | W. Blackwood and sons, 1870 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 222 pages |
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