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An entire and complete history, political and personal, of the boroughs of Great Britain; together with the Cinque Ports. The second edition, corrected and improved. In two volumes. ...
Oldfield, T. H. B. (Thomas Hinton Burley), 1755-1822.Date: M.DCC.XCIV. [1794]- Books
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The rights of Englishmen; or the British constitution of government, compared with that of a democratic republic. By the author of The history of the republic of Athens.
Young, William, Sir, 1749-1815.Date: [1793]- Books
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The judgment of whole kingdoms and nations, concerning the rights, power, and prerogative of kings, and the rights, priviledges, and properties of the people: shewing, the nature of government in general, both from God and man. An account of the British government, and the rights and priviledges of the people in the time of the Saxons, and since the Conquest. The government which God ordain'd over the children of Israel; and that all magistrates and governors proceed from the people, by many examples in Scripture and history, and the duty of magistrates from Scripture and reason. An account of eleven emperors, and above fifty kings depriv'd for their evil government. The rights of the people and Parliament of Britain, to resist and deprive their kings for evil government, by King Henry's charter, and likewise in Scotland, by many examples. The prophets and antient Jews were strangers to absolute passive-obedience: resisting of arbitrary government is allow'd by many examples in Scripture, by most nations, and by undeniable reason. A large account of the Revolution; with several speeches, declarations, and addresses, and the names and proceedings of ten bishops, and above sixty peers, concern'd in the Revolution before King James went out of England. Several declarations in Queen Elizabeth's time of the clergy in convocation, and the Parliament who assisted, and justified the Scotch, French, and Dutch, in resisting of their evil and destructive princes.
Date: 1714- Books
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A parallel between the Roman and British constitution; Comprehending Polibius's Curious discourse of the Roman Senate; with a Copious Preface, wherein his Principles are applied to ... Government. The whole calculated to restore the true Spirit of Liberty, and to explode Dependancy and Corruption. Addressed to The Young Members of the present Parliament.
Date: 1747- Books
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The speech of Dr. John Free, containing a concise and clear account of the English constitution, both old and new: And of the Rise, and Progress of the modern Part of that Assembly, which we now call the Parliament. Delivered July 30, 1753. To the Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens, at the Town-Hall in Oxford, upon taking up his Freedom of the City.
Free, John, 1712?-Date: 1753- Books
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A dissertation upon parties; in several letters to Caleb D'Anvers, Esq; dedicated to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751.Date: MDCCXLIX. [1749]- Books
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Saul and Samuel; or, The Common Interest of our King and country; In an Impartial Address to a Member of Parliament.
Date: MDCCII. [1702]- Books
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A view of the English constitution. By the late Baron de Montesquieu. Being a translation of the sixth chapter of the eleventh book of his celebrated treatise, intitled L'Esprit des loix.
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]- Books
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The difference computed, in a brief history of arbitrary power, as it hath, at any time, been practised, or attempted by Kings of England from the Conquest to the Revolution. Address'd to the subjects of Great Britain, principally to the eminent and worthy citizens of London.
Date: MDCCXXXV. [1735]- Books
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An address to the free and independent voters of England.
Date: MDCCLXXX. [1780]- Books
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A dissertation upon parties: in several letters to Caleb D'Anvers, Esq; written by the Right Honourable Henry St. John, late Lord Viscount Bolingbroke. To which is prefixed, the life of the author, by Dr. Goldsmith.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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A dissertation upon parties; in several letters to Caleb D'Anvers, Esq; dedicated to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751.Date: 1735- Books
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Liberty restored to Great Britain by the protestant succession in the most illustrious House of Hanover. Being an Historical Account of the Constitution, Laws, Rights, and Privileges of this Realm. Wherein The Authority of the Prince, and the Allegiance of the Subject are fully set in a Just and Clear Light. Collected from the best Authorities.
Date: 1714- Books
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Principles of government deduced from reason, supported by English experience, and opposed to French errors. By the Rev. R. Nares, A. M. Chaplain To His Royal Highness The Duke Of York.
Nares, Robert, 1753-1829.Date: [1792]- Books
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An historical treatise on the feudal law, and the constitution and laws of England; with a commentary on Magna Charta, and necessary illustrations of many of the English statutes, in a course of lectures, read in the University of Dublin. By the late Francis Stoughton Sullivan, L. L. D. Royal Professor of the Common Law in that University.
Sullivan, Francis Stoughton, 1719-1776.Date: M,DCC,LXXII. [1772]- Books
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An entire and complete history, political and personal, of the boroughs of Great Britain; to which is prefixed, an original sketch of constitutional rights, from the earliest period to the present time; and the principles of our ancient representation traced from the most authentic records, supported by undeniable testimonies, and illustrated by a variety of notes and references, collected from the most respectable, legal, and historical authorities. In two volumes octavo. ...
Oldfield, T. H. B. (Thomas Hinton Burley), 1755-1822.Date: 1792- Books
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Essay on the contrarieties of publick virtue.
Date: M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]- Books
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The judgment of whole kingdoms and nations, concerning the rights, power, and prerogative of kings, and the rights, priviledges, and properties of the people: shewing, the nature of government in general, both from God and man. An account of the British government, and the rights and priviledges of the people in the time of the Saxons, and since the Conquest. The government which God ordain'd over the children of Israel; and that all magistrates and governors proceed from the people, by many examples in Scripture and history, and the duty of magistrates from Scripture and reason. An account of eleven emperors, and above fifty kings depriv'd for their evil government. The rights of the people and Parliament of Britain, to resist and deprive their kings for evil government, by King Henry's charter, and likewise in Scotland, by many examples. The prophets and antient Jews were strangers to absolute passive-obedience: resisting of arbitrary government is allow'd by many examples in Scripture, by most nations, and by undeniable reason. A large account of the Revolution; with several speeches, declarations, and addresses, and the names and proceedings of ten bishops, and above sixty peers, concern'd in the Revolution before King James went out of England. Several declarations in Queen Elizabeth's time of the clergy in convocation, and the Parliament who assisted, and justified the Scotch, French, and Dutch, in resisting of their evil and destructive princes.
Date: 1713- Books
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The collected wisdom of ages, the most stupendous fabric of human invention, the English Constitution. A true copy from the original, in the possession of William Pitt, & Co. By Timothy Telltruth. [Three lines from Adams]
Telltruth, Timothy.Date: 1799. (Copy right secured)- Books
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Law tracts, by William Blackstone, Esq. Solicitor General to her Majesty. Containing, I. An essay on collateral consanguinity, its Limits Extent and Duration. II. Considerations on the question whether tenants by copy of court roll, according to the Custom of the Manner, Though not at the will of the Lord, are freeholders qualified to vote in Elections for Knights of the Shire. III. The law of descents in fee-simple. IV. The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest, with other Authentic Instruments: to which is prefixed an introductory discourse containing an history of the Charter.
Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780.Date: M,DCC,LXVII. [1767]- Books
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Rights of a free people. An essay on the origin, progress, and perfection of the British constitution, with an historical account of the various modifications of monarchy, from the Norman invasion to the Revolution.
Charnock, John, 1756-1807.Date: 1792- Books
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The history of the public revenue of the British empire. By John Sinclair, Esq.
Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835.Date: M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785]- Books
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A dissertation upon parties; in several letters to Caleb D'Anvers, Esq; dedicated to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole.
Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751.Date: MDCCXLIII. [1743]- Books
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The judgment of whole kingdoms and nations, concerning the rights, power, and prerogative of kings, and the rights, priviledges, and properties of the people: shewing, the nature of government in general, both from God and man[.] An account of the British government, and the rights and priviledges of the people in the time of the Saxons, and since the Conquest. The government which God ordain'd over the children of Israel; and that all magistrates and governors proceed from the people, by many examples of Scripture and history, and the duty of magistrates from Scripture and reason. Eleven emperors, and above fifty kings deprived for their evil government. The rights of the people and Parliament of Britain, to resist and deprive their kings for evil government, by King Henry's charter, and by many examples. ... Written by a true lover of the Queen and country, who wrote in the year 1689. in vindication of the Revolution, in a challenge to all Jacobites, which was answer'd and printed with a reply annex'd to it; and who wrote in the year 1690. against absolute passive-obedience, and in vindication of the Revolution; in a challenge to Sir R. l' Estrange, Dr. Sherlock, and eleven other divines; to which no answer ever was made, which challenges and answer are to be seen in the first volume of state tracts in folio, printed in the year 1705 who now challenges Dr. Hicks, Dr. Atterbury, Dr. Welton, Mr. Milbourne, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Lesley, Mr. Collier, Mr. Whaley and Mr. Tilly of Oxford, and the great champion, Dr. Sacheverell, or any other person to answer this book.
True Lover of the Queen and Country.Date: 1710- Books
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Tracts on the liberty, spiritual and temporal, of protestants in England. Addressed to J. N. Esq; at Aix-la-Chapelle. By Anthony Ellys, D. D. Late Lord Bishop of St. David's. Part I.
Ellys, Anthony, 1690-1761.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]