Three English Statesmen: A Course of Lectures on the Political History of EnglandMacmillan, 1867 - 328 էջ |
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... despotism of the Privy Council , the Star Chamber , the Court of High Commission ; in place of laws , proclamations ; in place of courts of law , courts of arbitrary power ; in place of legal taxation by parliament , forced loans ...
... despotism of the Privy Council , the Star Chamber , the Court of High Commission ; in place of laws , proclamations ; in place of courts of law , courts of arbitrary power ; in place of legal taxation by parliament , forced loans ...
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... that principle must have been which could thus move birth and wealth away from their natural bias . It is still true , not in the ascetic , but in the moral sense , that it is against a despot , but for a king ; against PYM . 15.
... that principle must have been which could thus move birth and wealth away from their natural bias . It is still true , not in the ascetic , but in the moral sense , that it is against a despot , but for a king ; against PYM . 15.
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A Course of Lectures on the Political History of England Goldwin Smith. against a despot , but for a king ; against the tyranny and the political power of the bishops , but satisfied with that form of church govern- ment . He was no ...
A Course of Lectures on the Political History of England Goldwin Smith. against a despot , but for a king ; against the tyranny and the political power of the bishops , but satisfied with that form of church govern- ment . He was no ...
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... the parliament , imprisoned several of its members , and published his reasons in a pro- clamation full of despotic doctrine . The friends of the crown were sad , its enemies very joyful . Now , to the eye of history , begins to PYM . 21.
... the parliament , imprisoned several of its members , and published his reasons in a pro- clamation full of despotic doctrine . The friends of the crown were sad , its enemies very joyful . Now , to the eye of history , begins to PYM . 21.
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... despotism of a col- lege . He was subject , as his friends said , to some infirmities of temper ; " that is , ” remarks Mr. Hallam , " he was choleric , harsh , vindictive , and even cruel to a great degree . " In the case of Felton he ...
... despotism of a col- lege . He was subject , as his friends said , to some infirmities of temper ; " that is , ” remarks Mr. Hallam , " he was choleric , harsh , vindictive , and even cruel to a great degree . " In the case of Felton he ...
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Էջ 245 - the people have nothing to do with the laws but to obey them.
Էջ 238 - We must not count with certainty on a continuance of our present prosperity during such an interval ; but unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country, when, from the situation of Europe, we might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace, than we may at the present moment.
Էջ 70 - Cant, Cloth-worship, or whatever ugly name it have, has gone about incurably sick ever since ; and is now at length, in these generations, very rapidly dying.
Էջ 71 - That it was our duty, if ever the Lord brought us back again in peace, to call Charles Stuart, that man of blood, to an account for that blood he had shed, and mischief he had done to his utmost, against the Lord's Cause and People in these poor Nations.
Էջ 281 - The conversation of the principal persons of the country all tends to encourage this system of blood ; and the conversation even at my table, where you will suppose I do all I can to prevent it, always turns on hanging, shooting, burning, &C., and if a priest has been put to death, the greatest joy is expressed by the whole company.
Էջ 28 - Strafford of high treason, for endeavouring to subvert the ancient and fundamental laws and government of His Majesty's realms of England and Ireland, and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical government against law...
Էջ 271 - If punishment adequate to the crime of sedition were to be sought for, it could not be found in our law, now that torture is happily abolished.
Էջ 319 - He had a brave regiment of his countrymen, most of them freeholders and freeholders' sons, and who upon matter of conscience engaged in this quarrel ; and thus being well armed within by the satisfaction of their own consciences, and without by good iron arms, they would, as one man, stand firmly and charge desperately.
Էջ 8 - Let Sir John Eliot's body be buried in the church of that parish where he died.
Էջ 111 - I am confident that it came so into your hands ; and was not judged by you to be from counterfeited or feigned Necessity, but by Divine Providence and Dispensation. And this I speak with more earnestness, because I speak for God and not for men.