Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862 |
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Page 35
... right of petition was grossly violated ; arbitrary judg- ments , exorbitant fines , and unwarranted imprison- ments , were grievances of daily occurrence . If these things do not justify resistance , the Revolution was treason ; if they ...
... right of petition was grossly violated ; arbitrary judg- ments , exorbitant fines , and unwarranted imprison- ments , were grievances of daily occurrence . If these things do not justify resistance , the Revolution was treason ; if they ...
Page 36
... Petition of Right . The Lords and 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 ...
... Petition of Right . The Lords and 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 ...
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... Petition of Right at the foot of the throne , to grant another lavish aid in exchange for another unmeaning cere- mony , and then to take their departure , till , after ten years more of fraud and oppression , their prince should again ...
... Petition of Right at the foot of the throne , to grant another lavish aid in exchange for another unmeaning cere- mony , and then to take their departure , till , after ten years more of fraud and oppression , their prince should again ...
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... Right , after having , for good and valuable consideration , promised to observe them ; and we are informed that he ... Petition of Right . He had renounced the oppressive powers said to have been exercised by his predecessors , and he ...
... Right , after having , for good and valuable consideration , promised to observe them ; and we are informed that he ... Petition of Right . He had renounced the oppressive powers said to have been exercised by his predecessors , and he ...
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... Petition of Right , the perfidy with which he violated his engagements , the death of Eliot , the barbarous punishments inflicted by the Star - Chamber , the ship - money , and all the measures now universally condemned , which dis ...
... Petition of Right , the perfidy with which he violated his engagements , the death of Eliot , the barbarous punishments inflicted by the Star - Chamber , the ship - money , and all the measures now universally condemned , which dis ...
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