... 41CHAPTER IX THE HOUSE OF COMMONS CONSTITUENCIES AND VOTERS 195CHAPTER IX 12 Government ofEngland (Vol. I), by A. LawrenceLowellProject Gutenberg's TheGovernmentofEngland (Vol. I), ... 23CHAPTER XXIX THE RISE AND FALL OFTHE CAUCUS THE LIBERALS 501CHAPTER XXIX 32CHAPTER XVPROCEDURE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS CLOSURE 292CHAPTER XV 18CHAPTER XXXVIIIAREAS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT 129CHAPTER ... remain as in the original. Ellipses match the original. A complete list of typographical corrections follows the text. Government ofEngland (Vol. I), by A. Lawrence Lowell 1CHAPTER XXXIII THE LABOUR...
... severelydisrupted by the siege of Dol in 1173. Some oftheof cials of the archbishop of Dol and the lord of Combour joined the rebels, alongwith many ofthe tenants.38 The archbishop of Dol and John ... at the extreme north of the county of Nantes.6Nothing at all is known ofthe administration of Nantes under Count Geoffrey. The administration was shaped by the presence in the county of the count/duke. ... IIleft the internal governmentof these two major baronies to theirtrustworthy lords: the loyal comes Henry and, in Lamballe, the descen-dants of Geoffrey Boterel II.In each ofthe counties of...
... agreeable to the majority ofthe house of commons, and suited their religious principles. But as the impatience ofthe people, the danger of delay, the general disgust towards faction, and the authority ... by the parliament, there prevails a story, that Popham, having sounded the disposition ofthe members, undertook to the earl of Southampton to procure, during the king’s The History of England, ... two months, the parliament met, and proceeded in the great work ofthe national settlement. They established the post-office, wine-licenses, and some articles ofthe revenue. They granted...
... refuses the offers ofthe army. Which marches to London.Enters the city. And gives the law to the parliament. The king listens to the counsels ofthe officers. Andintrigues against them. Rise ofthe ... to the maintenance ofthe true Protestant religion, with due consideration to the just ease of tender consciences, to the settling ofthe rights ofthe crown and of parliament, the laws ofthe ... continued by the papists, for the solepurpose ofthe establishment of popery on the ruins of Protestantism. The constant repetition acted on the minds ofthe people as a sufficient proof ofthe charge;...
... the margin of a field, they crouched there together till the commander ofthe ships was tired of firing. The queen's destination was York, the great and ancient capital ofthe north of ... thousand dollars. The oldest son of a king ofEngland receives the title of Prince of Wales; and there was an ancient custom ofthe realm, that an infant prince of Wales should be under the care, ... dangers. Two or three of them were in London in the hands of their father's enemies. Mary, the young bride ofthe Prince of Orange, was in Holland. Prince Charles, the oldest son, who was...
... implemented in the key sectors ofthe economy to improve the livelihood ofthe people of this country. I will like to mention some ofthe major achievements made in some ofthe key sectors. ... balance of payments. The third review ofthe programme is expected to be completed by the end of January, 2011. 31. The programme has contributed to the stabilization ofthe economy, as the ... products. The debt burden on TOR, however, remains high and threatens the financial viability of the country‟s banking system. Thegovernment is, therefore, proposing an upward adjustment of the...
... value; and in them we can often find agerm of truth. The legends are given for what they are worth.There is no need to relate the fate ofthe mutineers. The fate of mutineers is the same the world ... Superior,where they met another tribe of Indians the Stone Boilers, or Assiniboines who also told them ofthe greatsalt water, or Sea ofthe North. In the spring of 1662, with some Crees ofthe hinterland, ... Russia the adventurers must have heard of Peter the Great's plan to find the North Passage. The finding ofthe Passage had been one ofthe reasons for the granting ofthe charter, and the fur...
... he thought lightly ofthe authority of Scripture. He was therefore required toprofess his faith in the divinity ofthe Son and ofthe Holy Ghost, and in the inspiration ofthe Old and NewTestaments.Such ... question of humanity and of expediency. They spoke much ofthe debt of gratitude which the nation owed to the priesthood; ofthe courageand fidelity with which the order, from the primate down to the ... the firmness ofthegovernment and ofthe Parliament. A committee ofthe Privy Council was sitting when the tidings ofthe mutiny arrived in London. William Harbord, who represented the borough of Launceston,...
... into the water at Oldbridgeand another to cross the bridge of Slane. If the constitution gave him the command ofthe forces ofthe State, the constitution gave him also the direction ofthe foreign ... public places the monuments of its subjugation. Such monuments everywhere met the eye ofthe Irish Roman Catholics. In front ofthe Senate House of their country, they saw the statue of their conqueror. ... Master of the Temple, but had accepted the Deanery of Saint Paul's, which had become vacant in consequence of the deprivation of Sancroft and the promotion of Tillotson. The rage ofthe nonjurors...
... in 1689, they recountedand condemned the unconstitutional acts ofthe kings ofthe House of Stuart. Neither in the Declaration of Right nor in the Bill of Rights is there a word on the subject. ... Strand, all the river were in commotion. Before midnight the King'sapartments, the Queen's apartments, the Wardrobe, the Treasury, the office ofthe Privy Council, the office of the Secretary ... Crown, the authority ofthe Parliament, and the unity of the empire. Already might be discerned among the Englishry, who were now, by the help and under the protection ofthe mother country, the...
... oftentimes manie of the enimies, neither restored the goods to them ofthe countrie from whome the enimies had bereft the same, noryet sent anie part therof to the emperours, but kept the whole to ... obteining ofthe senat of Rome the kéeping ofthe coasts of Britaine, that he might defend the same from the malice of strangers, as Picts and others, he drew to him a great number of souldiers ... withdiuerse ofthe Britains that were readie to defend their countrie from spoile, oftentimes they got the vpperhand of them, and now and then they were chased awaie, insomuch that in the end they...
... the exact yéere ofthe erection ofthe kingdome ofthe Eastsaxons to begin with the end ofthe eight of Cerdicus king ofthe Westsaxons, that is, the 527 of Christ, and 78 after the comming of ... noteth) in the yéere of Christ 519, after the building of Rome 1270, ofthe world 4485, ofthe comming ofthe Saxons 70, of IustinusAnicius emperour ofthe east, the first and third ofthe renowmed ... originall ofthe kingdome of Deira, the circuit and bounds therof, of Ella the gouernour ofthe same, when the partition ofthe kingdome of Northumberland chanced; Vortiporus reignethouer the Britains,...
... ingrosse the rule of euerie part and parcell therofinto their hands; yet being resisted by the valiantnesse ofthe gouernors supported with the aid of their people,they were disappointed of their ... through.Wherevpon, in the yeere of our Lord 1011, about the feast of S. Matthew in September, they laid siege to the citie of Canturburie, which ofthe citizens was valiantlie defended by the space of twentie ... and there remained for a time with the nauie ofthe Danes, which wasvnder the gouernement of earle Turkill, and from thence sailed into the Ile of Wight, and there remained agreat part of the...