 | Jean Louis de Lolme - 1784 - 564 pages
...lords and commons solemnly assembled, declared, that " king " James the Second, having endeavoured to " subvert the. constitution of the kingdom, by " breaking the original contract between king " and people, and having violated' thefunda" mental laws, and withdrawn himself, had "abdicated... | |
 | John Moore - France - 1793 - 516 pages
...was departing from the great whig principle, that a King who endeavonrs to fubvert the conftitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract...laws, is deemed to have forfeited the crown. Which furely is a much more manly foundation to build a revolution upon, than the ftory of the warming-pan,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1800 - 452 pages
...lords for their concurrence. It was to this effect : That king James the Second having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract betwixt the king and people ; and having, by the advice of Jesuits, and other wicked persons, violated... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1803 - 498 pages
...commons sent up a vote to the peers couched in these words, " That king James II. having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between the king and the people ; and having, by the advice ot Jesuits, and other wicked persons, violated the fundamental... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...vacancy, both houses? came to this resolution ; " that king James the second, hav" ing endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, " by breaking the original contract between king and people ; " and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, hav" ing violated the fundamental... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1808 - 654 pages
...in the bill of rights. What says the first? — u Whereas king James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people, and, by advice of Jesuits and other •wicked persons, having violated the fundamental... | |
 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1809 - 860 pages
...[which your lordships have agreed; for your lordships bar* agreed, That king James 2nd hath endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the Original Contract between king and people, and hath violated the fundamental laws, and withdrawn himself out of the kingdom.... | |
 | William Oldys, John Malham - Great Britain - 1810 - 638 pages
...asserted the people's rights, by declaring, ' That the late King James 4 the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the * kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and * people, and, by advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having -* violated the fundamental... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1810 - 550 pages
...peers for their concurrence. It was contained in these words : " That king James II. having endeavoured to subvert the " constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original " contract between king and people ; and having, by " the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, violated " the fundamental... | |
 | Harleian miscellany - 1810 - 592 pages
...asserted the people's rights, by declaring, 'That the late King James * the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the * kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and ' people, and, by advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having ' violated the fundamental... | |
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That King James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom, by breaking the original contract between king and people ; and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws and having withdrawn... 
