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Page 166 - And as far as it may lie in you, let no arbitrary power be intruded : the people of this kingdom love the laws thereof, and nothing will oblige them more, than a confidence of the free enjoying of them : what the nobles upon an occasion once said in parliament, " Nolumus leges Angliae mutari," is imprinted in the hearts of all the people.
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Page 112 - God solemn thanks ; that he never gave his body to physic, nor his heart to cruelty, nor his hand to corruption. In three things he did much applaud his own success ; in his fair fortune with his wife, in his happy study of the laws, and in his free coming by all his offices, nee prece, nee pretio ; neither begging nor bribing for preferment.
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| Title | State-worthies: or, The statesmen and favourites of England from the reformation to the revolution ... Volume 2 of State-worthies: Or, The Statesmen and Favourites of England from the Reformation to the Revolution, Sir Charles Whitworth |
| Author | David Lloyd |
| Editor | Sir Charles Whitworth |
| Publisher | Printed for J. Robson, 1766 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 5, 2007 |
| Subjects | Favorites, Royal Great Britain Statesmen |
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