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... reign of Henry VIII . , when an Act of Parliament was passed , enacting that the dominion of Wales should be for ever united to the kingdom of England , and that the laws of England , and no other , should be used in Wales . It has ...
... reign of Henry VIII . , when an Act of Parliament was passed , enacting that the dominion of Wales should be for ever united to the kingdom of England , and that the laws of England , and no other , should be used in Wales . It has ...
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... reigns of Henry VIII . and William III .; the established religion of the land was altered many times in the reigns of Henry VIII . and his three children ; and the con- stitution of the kingdom , and of the Parliament itself , was ...
... reigns of Henry VIII . and William III .; the established religion of the land was altered many times in the reigns of Henry VIII . and his three children ; and the con- stitution of the kingdom , and of the Parliament itself , was ...
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... reign of James I. to the close of the eighteenth century they were styled Kings of Great Britain , France , and Ireland , and Defenders of the Faith ; but the title of King of France has been dropped . The kings of the line of Hanover ...
... reign of James I. to the close of the eighteenth century they were styled Kings of Great Britain , France , and Ireland , and Defenders of the Faith ; but the title of King of France has been dropped . The kings of the line of Hanover ...
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... reign has , in right of her regal dignity , over and above all other persons . Q. If the Royal Prerogative be abused , is there any legal remedy ? A. Yes ; the Privy Councillors , as advisers of the Sovereign , must bear the punishment ...
... reign has , in right of her regal dignity , over and above all other persons . Q. If the Royal Prerogative be abused , is there any legal remedy ? A. Yes ; the Privy Councillors , as advisers of the Sovereign , must bear the punishment ...
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... The thirty - nine Articles of Faith , and the Form of Prayer , and the Church Service , usually called the Liturgy . Q. When were these forms of worship first used ? A. In the reign of Edward VI . , when 50 THE LEADING PRINCIPLES OF.
... The thirty - nine Articles of Faith , and the Form of Prayer , and the Church Service , usually called the Liturgy . Q. When were these forms of worship first used ? A. In the reign of Edward VI . , when 50 THE LEADING PRINCIPLES OF.
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Side 45 - By its own weight made steadfast and immovable. Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold. And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart.
Side 32 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Side 66 - The great are always obnoxious to popular envy ; were they to be judged by the people, they might be in danger from the prejudice of their judges, and would moreover be deprived of the privilege of the...
Side 12 - THE third absolute right, inherent in every Englishman, is that of property : which consists in the free use, enjoyment, and disposal of all his acquisitions, without any control or diminution, save only by the laws of the land.
Side 31 - ... a share in both. Were the legislative body to be a considerable time without meeting, this would likewise put an end to liberty. For of two things one would naturally follow; either that there would be no longer any legislative resolutions, and then the state would fall into anarchy; or that these resolutions would be taken by the executive power, which would render it absolute.
Side 11 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil...
Side 1 - There is no civil government that hath been known, no, not the Spartan, not the Roman, though both for this respect so much praised by the wise Polybius, more divinely and harmoniously tuned, more equally balanced as it were by the hand and scale of justice, than \ is the commonwealth of England...
Side 95 - Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman...
Side 11 - By public exigence till annual food Fails for the craving hunger of the state, Thee I account still happy, and the chief Among the nations, seeing thou art free.
Side 102 - Married women and widows are entitled to the same rank among each other, as their husbands would respectively have borne between themselves, except such rank is merely professional or official; and unmarried women to the same rank as their eldest brothers would bear among men, during the lives of their fathers.