Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II. Volume 3 of 3

The act of settlement was the seal of our constitutional laws, the complement of the revolution itself and the bill of rights, the last great statute which restrains the power o...

The Revolution is not to be considered as a mere effort of the nation on a pressing emergency to rescue itself from the violence of a particular monarch; much less as grounded u...

_Ancient state of Ireland._--The antiquities of Irish history, imperfectly recorded, and rendered more obscure by controversy, seem hardly to belong to our present subject. But...

The great question that has been brought forward at the end of the last chapter, concerning the right and usage of election in boroughs, was perhaps of less practical importance...

It may seem rather an extraordinary position, after the last chapters, yet is strictly true, that the fundamental privileges of the subject were less invaded, the prerogative sw...

It is not very profitable to enquire into the constitutional antiquities of a country which furnishes no authentic historian, nor laws, nor charters, to guide our research, as i...

not been much imposed under the queen, but was now for the first time enforced in the remote parts of the country; so that the most sufficient gentry were excluded from magistra...

Rome, i. 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 77, 80, 86, 87, 88, 106, 108, 110, 111, 132, 138, 139, 142, 155, 156, 159, 177, 185, 217, 372, 374, 377, 385; ii. 51, 53, 55, 59, 60...

53, 54, 56, 62, 65, 71, 77, 81, 82, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 101, 102, 103, 106, 125, 131, 144, 146, 147, 154, 155, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 168, 169, 171,...

Mary Tudor, i. 31, 34, 37, 43, 44, 46, 49, 56, 91, 93, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 117, 118, 121, 132, 147, 150, 163, 166, 249, 253, 254, 256; ii. 34, 119, 120, 122; iii. 27,...

Ireland, ii. 94, 254; iii. 12, 162, 266, 299, 300, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308, 311, 312, 314, 315, 316, 318, 319, 321, 327, 331, 334, 336, 337, 343, 350, 351, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357

27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 42, 44, 45, 50, 52, 53, 76, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 99, 101, 102, 103, 106, 111, 112, 117, 123, 124, 125, 127, 130, 132, 134, 144, 15...

Termination of Contest between the Crown and Parliament -- Distinctive Principles of Whigs and Tories -- Changes effected in these by Circumstances -- Impeachment of Sacheverel...

Ancient State of Ireland -- Its Kingdoms and Chieftainships -- Law of Tanistry and Gavel-kind -- Rude State of Society -- Invasion of Henry II. -- Acquisitions of English Barons...

Declaration of Rights -- Bill of Rights -- Military Force without Consent declared illegal -- Discontent with the new Government -- its Causes -- Incompatibility of the Revoluti...

Henry VIII., i. 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 36, 39, 46, 48, 49, 52, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 66, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 83, 86, 90, 92, 96, 97, 101, 107, 109, 17...

Effect of the Press -- Restrictions upon it before and after the Restoration -- Licensing Acts -- Political Writings checked by the Judges -- Instances of illegal Proclamations...

Designs of the King -- Parliament of 1685 -- King's Intention to repeal the Test Act -- Deceived as to the Dispositions of his Subjects -- Prorogation of Parliament -- Dispensin...

Early State of Scotland -- Introduction of Feudal System -- Scots Parliament -- Power of the Aristocracy -- Royal Influence in Parliament -- Judicial Power -- Court of Session -...