Democracy, Liberty, and Property: Readings in the American Political TraditionFrancis William Coker |
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... King . Secondly . The remains of Aristocratical tyranny in the persons of the Peers . Thirdly . The new Republican ... King , presupposes two things . First . That the King is not to be trusted without being looked after ; or in other ...
... King . Secondly . The remains of Aristocratical tyranny in the persons of the Peers . Thirdly . The new Republican ... King , presupposes two things . First . That the King is not to be trusted without being looked after ; or in other ...
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... kings came at first ? The question admits but of three answers , viz . either by lot , by elec- tion , or by usurpation . If the first king was taken by lot , it estab- lishes a precedent for the next , which excludes hereditary succes ...
... kings came at first ? The question admits but of three answers , viz . either by lot , by elec- tion , or by usurpation . If the first king was taken by lot , it estab- lishes a precedent for the next , which excludes hereditary succes ...
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... king's courts from being held at their stated terms ; for a body of people to seize upon the king's provincial revenue ; I mean the monies collected by virtue of grants made by the general court to his majesty for the support of his ...
... king's courts from being held at their stated terms ; for a body of people to seize upon the king's provincial revenue ; I mean the monies collected by virtue of grants made by the general court to his majesty for the support of his ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
From A Modell of Christian Charity 1603 | 17 |
THE FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT OF NEW HAVEN 1639 | 26 |
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