Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1890 |
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Page 36
... Commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent for five subsidies . The bill receives his solemn assent ; the subsidies ...
... Commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of his power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent for five subsidies . The bill receives his solemn assent ; the subsidies ...
Page 150
... Commons , Falkland , Cole- pepper , and Hyde , that he would take no measure in which that House was concerned , without consult- ing them . On this occasion he did not consult them . His conduct astonished them more than any other ...
... Commons , Falkland , Cole- pepper , and Hyde , that he would take no measure in which that House was concerned , without consult- ing them . On this occasion he did not consult them . His conduct astonished them more than any other ...
Page 153
... commons , to unite all the powers of govern- ment in their own hands . In France the institution of the States was only mentioned by lawyers as a part of the ancient theory of their government . It slept a deep sleep , destined to be ...
... commons , to unite all the powers of govern- ment in their own hands . In France the institution of the States was only mentioned by lawyers as a part of the ancient theory of their government . It slept a deep sleep , destined to be ...
Page 155
... commons , should approve of revolutions which the nobles and commons had effected . The Parliament did not blindly follow the event of war , but participated in those changes of public sentiment on which the event of war depended . The ...
... commons , should approve of revolutions which the nobles and commons had effected . The Parliament did not blindly follow the event of war , but participated in those changes of public sentiment on which the event of war depended . The ...
Page 156
... commons , and had , far more than any charter or any assembly , been the safeguard of their privileges , was transferred entire to the King . Monarchy gained in two ways . The sovereign was strengthened , the subjects weakened . The ...
... commons , and had , far more than any charter or any assembly , been the safeguard of their privileges , was transferred entire to the King . Monarchy gained in two ways . The sovereign was strengthened , the subjects weakened . The ...
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