The Moderate Monarchy, Or Principles of the British Constitution, Described in a Narrative of the Life and Maxims of Alfred the Great and His Counsellors. From the German of Albert V. HallerLongman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1849 - 344 páginas |
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... able to com- mand an army ; but not being acquainted with the noble qualities of the blooming young prince , he believed it necessary to induce the youth , by promises of great rewards , to assist him in the threatening circumstances in ...
... able to com- mand an army ; but not being acquainted with the noble qualities of the blooming young prince , he believed it necessary to induce the youth , by promises of great rewards , to assist him in the threatening circumstances in ...
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... able to lay down his sword ; he reconquered , gradually , the whole of England ; he rejected the tax paid to the foreigners , obtained the domi- nion of the sea , and in fifty - two battles which he fought , acquired , in most of them ...
... able to lay down his sword ; he reconquered , gradually , the whole of England ; he rejected the tax paid to the foreigners , obtained the domi- nion of the sea , and in fifty - two battles which he fought , acquired , in most of them ...
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... found suf- ficient to pay the fine , the whole tithing was obliged to make up the deficiency , and to take the responsibility of bringing the culprit before D the judge , as soon as they were able to ALFRED THE LEGISLATOR . 49.
... found suf- ficient to pay the fine , the whole tithing was obliged to make up the deficiency , and to take the responsibility of bringing the culprit before D the judge , as soon as they were able to ALFRED THE LEGISLATOR . 49.
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Albrecht von Baron HALLER. the judge , as soon as they were able to secure his person.28 If a traveller visited one of Alfred's subjects , he was considered during two days as a guest , and any grievance that he might commit could not be ...
Albrecht von Baron HALLER. the judge , as soon as they were able to secure his person.28 If a traveller visited one of Alfred's subjects , he was considered during two days as a guest , and any grievance that he might commit could not be ...
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... able to create them . He read , with unexampled ardour , all cases on which he was appealed to for his judg- ment ; and if one of his burgraves , or the judge had given an unlawful decision , their punishment was inevitable . Ignorance ...
... able to create them . He read , with unexampled ardour , all cases on which he was appealed to for his judg- ment ; and if one of his burgraves , or the judge had given an unlawful decision , their punishment was inevitable . Ignorance ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acquired afterwards Alfred's Amund ancient Anglo-Saxon aristocracy army arts Asser Athelney battle bishop British castle Chippenham church citizens civilized command common constitution court Danes death despot dignity duties Earl Earl of Mercia election Elswitha endeavour enemy England English Ethelgiva Ethelred Ethelwulf evil existed falconry father favour forced gave give Guthrum Haller hands happiness honour House of Lords hundred inhabitants John Spelman judges justice King Alfred king's kingdom labour land laws learned legislative liberty likewise lived Lord Malmesbury ment Mercia mind monarch monasteries Montesquieu nation nature Neot never night nobility nobles Northmen oppression Osburga Othar Pagans possessed present preserved prince privileges produce punishment realm reign river Lea Rome royal Sarmatian Saxons says ships society sovereign Spelman subjects sword thou throne tion veneration victory virtue warriors wealth welfare West-Saxons whole William of Malmesbury wisdom wise words
Pasajes populares
Página 279 - A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.
Página 280 - Have they never heard of a monarchy directed by laws, controlled and balanced by the great hereditary wealth and hereditary dignity of a nation, and both again controlled by a judicious check from the reason and feeling of the people at large, acting by a suitable and permanent organ?
Página 311 - A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another; there being nothing more evident than that creatures of the same species and rank, promiscuously born to all the same advantages of nature, and the use of the same faculties, should also be equal one amongst another without subordination or subjection...
Página 286 - ... Though the legislative, whether placed in one or more, whether it be always in being, or only by intervals, though it be the supreme power in every commonwealth; yet first, it is not, nor can possibly be absolutely arbitrary over the lives and fortunes of the people: for it being but the joint power of every member of the society given up to that person, or assembly, which is legislator; it can be no more than those persons had in a state of nature before they entered into society, and gave up...
Página 341 - Children, I confess, are not born in this full state of equality, though they are born to it. Their parents have a sort of rule and jurisdiction over them when they come into the world, and for some time after, but it is but a temporary one.
Página 287 - Their power, in the utmost bounds of it, is limited to' the public good of the society. It is a power, that hath no other end but preservation, and therefore can never * have a right to destroy, enslave, or designedly to impoverish the subjects.
Página 287 - Secondly, the legislative or supreme authority cannot assume to itself a power to rule by extemporary arbitrary decrees, but is bound to dispense justice and decide the rights of the subject by promulgated standing laws, and known authorised judges.
Página 341 - Thus, the grass my horse has bit, the turfs my servant has cut, and the ore I have digged in any place, where I have a right to them in common with others, become my property without the assignation or consent of anybody. 'The labour that was mine, removing them out of that common state they were in, hath fixed my property in them.
Página 292 - When a king has dethroned himself, and put himself in a state of war with his people, what shall hinder them from prosecuting him who is no king, as they would any other man, who has put himself into a state of war with them, Barclay, and those of his opinion, would do well to tell us.