XX Century Cyclopaedia and Atlas: Biography, History, Art, Science and Gazeteer of the World, 1. köideCharles Annandale, Ainsworth Rand Spofford Gebbie & Company, 1901 |
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Page 494 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 494 - And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently.
Page 494 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time, or in other manner, than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
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Page 93 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved ; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
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