The history of political literature, Հատոր 21855 |
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... parliament under Edward IV . In the year 1463 he fled to Flanders , were he wrote his famous book , " De Laudibus Legum Angliæ . " The work is in the form of letters to a prince . His object is to show the prince the great superiority ...
... parliament under Edward IV . In the year 1463 he fled to Flanders , were he wrote his famous book , " De Laudibus Legum Angliæ . " The work is in the form of letters to a prince . His object is to show the prince the great superiority ...
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... Parliament of Correc- tion ; or , a Pleasant Satire of the Three Estates in Commendation of Virtue and Vituperation of Vice , " was written in 1535 , but first publicly acted at Lin- lithgow , in 1540 , in the presence of James V. , his ...
... Parliament of Correc- tion ; or , a Pleasant Satire of the Three Estates in Commendation of Virtue and Vituperation of Vice , " was written in 1535 , but first publicly acted at Lin- lithgow , in 1540 , in the presence of James V. , his ...
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... Parliament Howse of Ingland , his natural country for the redresse of certen wicked lawes , euel customs , a ( n ) d cruel decreys , " published about 1548 . The work contains twenty - five chapters . The follow- ing are some of their ...
... Parliament Howse of Ingland , his natural country for the redresse of certen wicked lawes , euel customs , a ( n ) d cruel decreys , " published about 1548 . The work contains twenty - five chapters . The follow- ing are some of their ...
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... parliament hous , wherein you shall find these three estats ; the king or quene which representeth the mo- narchie , the noblemen which be the aristocratie , and the burgesses and knights the democratcie . If the parlia- ment use their ...
... parliament hous , wherein you shall find these three estats ; the king or quene which representeth the mo- narchie , the noblemen which be the aristocratie , and the burgesses and knights the democratcie . If the parlia- ment use their ...
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... Parliament , to surmise that they will give their sanction to any such doings . Should any person ever be so weak and wicked as to propound , or even to vote for such a law , they will be answer- able , in conscience , not only for ...
... Parliament , to surmise that they will give their sanction to any such doings . Should any person ever be so weak and wicked as to propound , or even to vote for such a law , they will be answer- able , in conscience , not only for ...
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Էջ 111 - And whereas of late great companies of soldiers and mariners have been dispersed into divers counties of the realm, and the inhabitants against their wills have been compelled to receive them into their houses, and there to suffer them to sojourn, against the laws and customs of this realm, and to the great grievance and vexation of the people.
Էջ 104 - England, and the maintenance and making of laws, and redress of mischiefs and grievances which daily happen within this realm are proper subjects and matter of counsel and debate in parliament ; and that in the handling and proceeding of those businesses every member of the house of parliament hath and of right ought to have freedom of speech, to propound, treat, reason, and bring to conclusion the same...
Էջ 135 - But we do hope to find out all your tricks, Your plots and packing, worse than those of Trent, That so the Parliament May, with their wholesome and preventive shears, Clip your phylacteries, though baulk your ears, And succour our just fears When they shall read this clearly in your charge, New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ large.
Էջ 110 - Person should be compelled to make any Loans to the King against his Will, because such Loans were against Reason and the Franchise of the Land ; and by other Laws of this Realm it is provided, That none should be charged by any Charge or Imposition called a Benevolence...
Էջ 137 - ... where they undoubtedly, that by their labours, counsels, and prayers, have been earnest for the common good of religion and their country, shall receive above the inferior orders of the blessed, the regal addition of principalities, legions, and thrones into their glorious titles ; and in supereminence of beatific vision, progressing the dateless and irrevohible circle of eternity, shall clasp inseparable hands with joy and bliss, in over-measure for ever.
Էջ 127 - Areopagitica, a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the liberty of unlicensed Printing.
Էջ 95 - Notwithstanding, for the more public part of government, which is Laws, I think good to note only one deficience ; which is, that all those which have written of laws, have written either as philosophers or as lawyers, and none as statesmen. As for the philosophers, they make imaginary laws for imaginary commonwealths ; and their discourses are as the stars, which give little light because they are so high.
Էջ 18 - ... whenever the legislators endeavour to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power...
Էջ 134 - God grant them), shall be thrown down eternally into the darkest and deepest gulf of hell, where, under the despiteful control, the trample and spurn of all the other damned, that in the anguish of their torture shall have no other ease than to exercise a raving and bestial tyranny over them as their slaves and negroes, they shall remain in that plight for ever, the basest, the lowermost, the most dejected, most underfoot and downtrodden vassals of perdition.
Էջ 94 - A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour; but withal told him, he should die like a man, lest he should be proud and flatter himself, that God hath with his name imparted unto him his nature also.