Parliamentary and political miscellanies [afterw.] miscellany, ed. by C.P. Cooper |
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... answered with great indignation , " That the King had promised and broke his word many and many a time with them : that he had extorted from his subjects by the same arguments , and at many different times , very much money to their ...
... answered with great indignation , " That the King had promised and broke his word many and many a time with them : that he had extorted from his subjects by the same arguments , and at many different times , very much money to their ...
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... answer by due process of law : Nevertheless , against the tenor of the said statutes , and other the good laws and statutes of your realm , to that end pro- vided , divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned , without any ...
... answer by due process of law : Nevertheless , against the tenor of the said statutes , and other the good laws and statutes of your realm , to that end pro- vided , divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned , without any ...
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... answer or take such oath , or to give attendance , or to be confined , or otherwise molested or disquieted concerning the same , or for refusal thereof : and that no freeman , in any such manner as is before - mentioned , be imprisoned ...
... answer or take such oath , or to give attendance , or to be confined , or otherwise molested or disquieted concerning the same , or for refusal thereof : and that no freeman , in any such manner as is before - mentioned , be imprisoned ...
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... answer , that may be his best method of bringing measures before us , but it is not such as I ought to vote for . Be- sides , the event may happen which he has anticipated , namely , a choice between this measure and utter destruction ...
... answer , that may be his best method of bringing measures before us , but it is not such as I ought to vote for . Be- sides , the event may happen which he has anticipated , namely , a choice between this measure and utter destruction ...
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... answer . " Whereat every man holding his peace , then began he to speak to one Master Marney , afterward Lord Marney , " How say you , " quoth he , " Master Marney ? " who making him no answer neither , he severally asked the same ...
... answer . " Whereat every man holding his peace , then began he to speak to one Master Marney , afterward Lord Marney , " How say you , " quoth he , " Master Marney ? " who making him no answer neither , he severally asked the same ...
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Page 61 - Crown and royal dignity of the said kingdoms and dominions to be to the heira of the body of the said Princess; and for default of such issue to the Princess Anne of Denmark, and the heirs of her body ; and for default of such issue to the heirs of the bo"dy of the said Prince of Orange.
Page 60 - That the pretended power of dispensing with laws or the execution of laws by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal...
Page 61 - That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void; 13. And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently.
Page 88 - If France occupied Spain, was it necessary, in order to avoid the consequences of that occupation, that we should blockade Cadiz ? No. I looked another way — I sought materials of compensation in another hemisphere. Contemplating Spain, such as our ancestors had known her, I resolved that if France had Spain, it should not be Spain ' with the Indies.' I called the New World into existence to redress the balance of the Old.
Page 121 - I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart of a King, and of a King of England too...
Page 77 - And whereas it hath been found by experience, that it is inconsistent with the safety and welfare of this Protestant kingdom to be governed by a Popish prince...
Page 137 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 75 - Upon which their said Majesties did accept the crown and royal dignity of the kingdoms of England, France and Ireland, and the dominions thereunto belonging, according to the resolution and desire of the said Lords and Commons contained in the said declaration. V. And thereupon their Majesties were pleased that the said Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, being the two Houses of Parliament, should continue to sit, and with their Majesties...
Page 61 - 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. That excessive bail ought not to be required nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Page 76 - 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...