An epitome of Paley's Principles of moral and political philosophy, by a member of the University of Cambridge, author of the 'Epitome of the Evidences of Christianity'.1824 |
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... House of Lords ; and the re- public in the House of Commons . Q. Show how the British constitution provides , 1st for the interests of its subjects , 2ndly for its own preservation . A. For the first , to promote salutary public laws ...
... House of Lords ; and the re- public in the House of Commons . Q. Show how the British constitution provides , 1st for the interests of its subjects , 2ndly for its own preservation . A. For the first , to promote salutary public laws ...
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... houses of parliament . Q. What is meant by the balance of interest ? A. It accompanies and gives efficacy to the ... House of Lords , would resist any attempt of the king upon the privileges of the Commons , because their own dignity ...
... houses of parliament . Q. What is meant by the balance of interest ? A. It accompanies and gives efficacy to the ... House of Lords , would resist any attempt of the king upon the privileges of the Commons , because their own dignity ...
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... House of Lords , of which little notice has been hitherto taken ? A. 1st , To enable the king by his right of bestowing the peerage , to reward the servants of the public in a manner most grateful to them , and at a small expense to the ...
... House of Lords , of which little notice has been hitherto taken ? A. 1st , To enable the king by his right of bestowing the peerage , to reward the servants of the public in a manner most grateful to them , and at a small expense to the ...
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... House of Lords as a court of appeal from every civil court in the kingdom , and the last , also , and highest appeal to which the sub- ject can resort . Q. Still it succeeds in practice notwithstanding the unfitness of the members of the ...
... House of Lords as a court of appeal from every civil court in the kingdom , and the last , also , and highest appeal to which the sub- ject can resort . Q. Still it succeeds in practice notwithstanding the unfitness of the members of the ...
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... House of Lords some of the most eminent and experienced lawyers in the kingdom ; and by calling to their aid the advice of the judges on any abstract question of law . Q. Then these , if real , are minute imperfections ? A. They are ...
... House of Lords some of the most eminent and experienced lawyers in the kingdom ; and by calling to their aid the advice of the judges on any abstract question of law . Q. Then these , if real , are minute imperfections ? A. They are ...
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Page 19 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Page 56 - Where the terms of promise admit of more senses than one, the promise is to be performed " in that sense in which the promiser apprehended, at the time, that the promisee received it.
Page 44 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Page 225 - They ought rather to reflect, that he who falls by a mistaken sentence, may be considered as falling for his country ; whilst he suffers under the operation of those rules, by the general effect and tendency of which the welfare of the community is maintained and upholden. CHAPTER X. OF RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS, AND OF TOLERATION. ' A RELIGIOUS establishment is no part of Christianity ; it is only the means of inculcating it.
Page 31 - ... that the method of coming at the will of God, concerning any action, by the light of nature, is to inquire into the tendency of that action to promote or diminish the general happiness.
Page 102 - ... from them, were supposed to be left to the voluntary bounty of those who might be acquainted with the exigencies of their situation, and in the way of affording assistance. And, therefore, when the partition of property is rigidly maintained against the claims of indigence and distress, it is maintained in opposition to the intention of those who made it, and to his, who is the Supreme Proprietor of every thing, and who has filled the world with plenteousness for the sustentation and comfort...
Page 179 - Civil societies cannot be upheld, unless in each the interest of the whole society be binding upon every part and member of it;" — this is the third step, and conducts us to the conclusion, namely, "that so long as the interest of the whole society requires it, that is, so long as the established government cannot be resisted or changed without public...