Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1850 - 1742 pages |
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Page 34
... right of petition was grossly violated ; arbitrary judgments , exorbitant fines , and unwarranted imprisonments , were grievances of daily Occurrence . If these things do not justify resistance , the Revolution was treason : if they do ...
... right of petition was grossly violated ; arbitrary judgments , exorbitant fines , and unwarranted imprisonments , were grievances of daily Occurrence . If these things do not justify resistance , the Revolution was treason : if they do ...
Page 35
... Petition of Right . The Lords and Commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent for five subsidies . The bill re- ceives ...
... Petition of Right . The Lords and Commons present him with a bill in which the constitutional limits of power are marked out . He hesitates ; he evades ; at last he bargains to give his assent for five subsidies . The bill re- ceives ...
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... rights which were theirs by a double claim , by immemorial inheri- tance and by recent purchase , infringed by the ... Petition of Right at the foot of the throne , to grant another lavish aid in exchange for another unmeaning ceremony ...
... rights which were theirs by a double claim , by immemorial inheri- tance and by recent purchase , infringed by the ... Petition of Right at the foot of the throne , to grant another lavish aid in exchange for another unmeaning ceremony ...
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... Petition of Right , after having , for good and valuable con- sideration , promised to observe them ; and we are informed that he was accustomed to hear prayers at six o'clock in the morning ! It is to such considerations as these ...
... Petition of Right , after having , for good and valuable con- sideration , promised to observe them ; and we are informed that he was accustomed to hear prayers at six o'clock in the morning ! It is to such considerations as these ...
Page 38
... Petition of Right . He had renounced the oppressive powers said to have been exercised by his predecessors , and he had renounced them for money . He was not entitled to set up his antiquated claims against his own recent release ...
... Petition of Right . He had renounced the oppressive powers said to have been exercised by his predecessors , and he had renounced them for money . He was not entitled to set up his antiquated claims against his own recent release ...
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