Thoughts on the English government. Addressed to the quiet good sense of the people of England. In a series of letters. Letter the fourth. Blackstone's Commentaries desicient in Constitutional Information-The probable Reasons of the Commentator's Deficiency in this Branch of Knowledge-Certain Speeches criticised for Unconstitutional Expressions-Parliamentary Phrases-Examination of the first seven Chapters of B's. Commentaries-Their Arrangement-The King is not a Magistrate-Ours is not a Constitution of Ballances and Checks-A Paragraph of B's. Text compared with an amended One-The word Prerogative does not properly signify the Royal Authority-Postscript-The Critical Review censured for Falsification.
- Reeves, John, 1752?-1829.
- Date:
- 1800
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Also known as
Thoughts on the English government. 4
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London : printed for J. Wright, opposite old Bond Street, Piccadilly. By J. Downes, 240, Strand, 1800.
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74p. ; 80.
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References note
ESTC T50216
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