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Sida vii
... parliament were original grants from the crown . Upon this occasion , Selden was consulted both by the lords and the commons ; and in the opinion which he delivered , though he wholly denied the point in ques- tion , yet with the ...
... parliament were original grants from the crown . Upon this occasion , Selden was consulted both by the lords and the commons ; and in the opinion which he delivered , though he wholly denied the point in ques- tion , yet with the ...
Sida viii
... parliament , he was looked up to , and listened to , with the greatest reverence . In consequence of the weight of ... Parliaments . ' By the favour of some powerful friends , his imprisonment was commuted for a nominal confinement in ...
... parliament , he was looked up to , and listened to , with the greatest reverence . In consequence of the weight of ... Parliaments . ' By the favour of some powerful friends , his imprisonment was commuted for a nominal confinement in ...
Sida ix
... parliaments of 1640-1 , he represented the Univer- sity of Oxford , and was among the most distinguished of those in opposition to the court : he joined in the measures for the prosecution of the earl of Strafford and archbishop Laud ...
... parliaments of 1640-1 , he represented the Univer- sity of Oxford , and was among the most distinguished of those in opposition to the court : he joined in the measures for the prosecution of the earl of Strafford and archbishop Laud ...
Sida xii
... parliamentary character has been recently most ably sketched by an anonymous writer in a periodical paper . " Selden was a member of the long parliament , and took an active and useful part in many important discussions and transactions ...
... parliamentary character has been recently most ably sketched by an anonymous writer in a periodical paper . " Selden was a member of the long parliament , and took an active and useful part in many important discussions and transactions ...
Sida 15
... parliament . If a king conquer an- other country , the people are loath to lose their lands ; yet no divine will deny , but the king may give them to whom he please . If a parliament make a law concerning leather , or any other com ...
... parliament . If a king conquer an- other country , the people are loath to lose their lands ; yet no divine will deny , but the king may give them to whom he please . If a parliament make a law concerning leather , or any other com ...
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Sida 149 - And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so ? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me?
Sida 52 - ... Equity is a roguish thing : for law we have a measure, know what to trust to ; equity is according to the conscience of him that is chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is equity. "Tis all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a foot...
Sida 58 - Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes ; they were easiest for his feet.
Sida 18 - An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord, even to the tenth generation.
Sida 76 - We have more Words than Notions, half a dozen words for the same thing. Sometimes we put a new signification to an old word, as when we call a Piece a Gun. The Word Gun was in use in England for an Engine, to cast a thing from a Man, long before there was any Gun-powder found out.
Sida 77 - Ignorance of the law excuses no man ; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to confute him.
Sida 19 - These two words have undone the world : because Christ spake it to his disciples, therefore we must all, men, women and children, read and interpret the Scripture. 5. Henry the Eighth made a law, that all men might read the Scripture, except servants, but no woman, except ladies and gentlewomen, who had leisure, and might ask somebody the meaning.
Sida 122 - THE proverbs of several nations were much studied by Bishop Andrews, and the reason he gave was, because by them he knew the minds of several nations, which is a brave thing ; as we count him a wise man that knows the minds and insides of men, which is done by knowing what is habitual to them.
Sida 19 - The English Translation of the Bible is the best Translation in the World, and renders the Sense of the Original best, taking in for the English Translation the Bishops' Bible as well as King James's. The Translators in King James's time took an excellent way. That Part of the Bible was given to him who was most excellent in such a Tongue (as the Apocrypha to Andrew Downs) and then they met together, and one read the Translation, the rest holding in their Hands some...
Sida iii - ... before. This, indeed, is a characteristic of all Bacon's writings, and is only to be accounted for by the inexhaustible aliment they furnish to our own thoughts, and the sympathetic activity they impart to our torpid faculties.