...charter bearing upon this important question is called the Bill of Eights, and by this the authority of the three estates of the realm, the Sovereign, the Lords, and the Commons, is so evenly balanced, that none of them can exercise any undue influence. The strength of our present...

...may be said to possess a triple order of Government, consisting, as it does, of what are designated the three estates of the realm, the Sovereign, the Lords, and the Commons. We have thus a combination of a monarchy, an oligarchy, and a republic, the Sovereign representing...