 | David Hume - 1812 - Počet stránok 604
...object of all men's vows and expectations p. IT may be affirmed, without any exaggeration, that the King's assent to the petition of right produced such...from being satisfied with this important concession. Their illhumour had been so much irritated by the King's frequent evasions and delays, that it could... | |
 | John Britton - 1815 - Počet stránok 920
...the Royal assent iti the usual form. It may be affirmed, says Hume, without exaggeration, that the King's assent to the petition of right produced such...equivalent to a revolution; and by circumscribing, iu so many articles, the Royal prerogative, gave additional security to the liberties of the subject.... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1816 - Počet stránok 924
...evade the petition of right, he at last solemnly gave it the Royal assent in the usual form. It may he affirmed, says Hume, without exaggeration, that th«...sufficiently acquainted with the real 2 B 4 character character of such persons as Charles had to deal with, or he would have found a much better reason... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - Počet stránok 524
...approbation of their Sovereign." t Yet Hume says, " It may be affirmed, without any exaggeration, that the King's assent to the Petition of Right produced such...additional security to the liberties of the subject!" It is a pity, that he has not mentioned some of the novelties, which he seems to have discovered in... | |
 | John Macdiarmid - 1820 - Počet stránok 468
...grievances, which were particularly ' Mr Hume says, " It may be affirmed, without any exaggeration, that the king's assent to the petition of right produced such...additional security to the liberties of the subject." What a pity he should not have mentioned some of the novelties which lie imagined he had discovered... | |
 | 1820 - Počet stránok 590
...expressly says, — " It may be affirmed without exaggeration, that the King's assent to this petition produced such a change in the government as was almost...additional security to the liberties of the subject.* Now if we were to close the book of history — if we were to inquire no further, and were to admit... | |
 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - Počet stránok 492
...object of all men's vows and expectations *. It may be affirmed, without any exaggeration, that the king's assent to the petition of right produced such...from being satisfied with this important concession. Their ill humour had been so much irritated by the king's frequent evasions and delays, that it could... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1828 - Počet stránok 362
...professing to be nothing but an old one, was an innovation involving the most unexpected consequences. " The King's assent to the ' Petition of Right,' produced...Government as was almost equivalent to a revolution." Such is the forcible precision by which the philosophical historian conveys the result of his opinions... | |
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It may be affirmed, without any exaggeration, that the king's assent to the petition of right produced such a change in the government, as was almost equivalent to a revolution ; and by circumscribing, in so many articles, the royal prerogative, gave... 
