| 单词 | Magna Charta |
| 例句 | He crafted a list of explicit rights in the same vein as the Magna Charta, like the one he had helped George Mason write for Virginia ten years earlier. A free press, like it or not 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Madison himself complained that, as for “trial by jury, freedom of the press, or liberty of conscience . . . Magna Charta does not contain any one provision for the security of those rights.” The Myth of Magna Carta 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z In niches between the windows and at the ends are eighteen statues of Barons who signed Magna Charta. Collins' Illustrated Guide to London and Neighbourhood 2012-04-06T02:00:29.250Z Magna Charta, they said, was trodden down and the guaranties of the Colonial Charter were utterly disregarded. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The original "Articles of the Barons" is still preserved in the British Museum, but there is no one original Magna Charta in existence. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z The historical expert starts with the Magna Charta and makes a preliminary survey. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z He cited, instead, their understanding of “the common rights of Englishmen, as declared by Magna Charta.” The Myth of Magna Carta 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z No man looks now for the return of the exiled family any more than for that of Perken Warbec; and the repeal of Magna Charta is as much expected as of the Act of Settlement. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z And all this is found in that most beautiful and poetic chapter known as the 25th of Leviticus—from the Bible—from this sacred gift of God—this "Magna Charta of human freedom." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z He had given a new Magna Charta to the people. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z The year 1162 is conspicuous in the annals of the Templars, as the date of the bull Omne Datum Optimum, the Magna Charta of the order, and the great key-stone of their power. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z Upon the one hand are Magna Charta, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the principles of human liberty which they embody and preserve. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z I revere that conquest which has given to Ireland the common law and the Magna Charta of England. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z Yet, notwithstanding these passages the Christian Advocate says, "the Bible is the Magna Charta of our liberty." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Last winter Rodd picked up for fifty dollars a beautifully illuminated copy of Magna Charta issued about a hundred years ago. The Unpublishable Memoirs 2012-02-03T03:00:18.447Z The first great document in the laws of the Thirteenth Century is, of course, Magna Charta, signed in 1215, the foundation of all the liberties of English speaking people ever since. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z He also extended the benefit of Magna Charta to Ireland, and commanded all the sheriffs to read it publicly at the county courts, and enforce its observance in every particular. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple 2012-01-18T03:00:11.003Z Why he revered the Conquest, when the Common Law and Magna Charta failed to protect the welfare of Ireland, the Provost does not state. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z Let me read to you some of the political ideas in the great "Magna Charta" of human liberty. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Magna Charta, mag′na k�r′ta, n. the Great Charter obtained from King John, 1215 A.D. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z The opening chapter of Magna Charta states especially the subjects of the rights that are guaranteed by the document. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z I, of Magna Charta, which has a magnificent impression of the beautiful great seal. Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z Thus Innocent iii. absolved John from his oath to observe Magna Charta, on his consenting to receive back his crown as a gift from him. Letters From Rome on the Council 2011-11-25T03:00:11.447Z Let us see what the "Magna Charta" of liberty says upon this subject: 6. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z In a sense they are the lineal descendants of great English enactments like Magna Charta, the Bill of Rights, and the Act of Settlement, and of the various declarations of the Revolutionary Congresses in America. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z There is no doubt that it is hard to read in this chapter all that has been found in it by enthusiastic appellants to Magna Charta at many times during the succeeding centuries. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z This Proclamation, the Declaration of Independence, and Magna Charta, these be great landmarks, each indicating an advance to a higher and more Christian civilization. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z So too in social studies, which are now vexing the nations, Leo has given a Magna Charta in his Encyclical on the "Condition of Labor." Leo XIII., the Great Leader 2011-10-12T02:00:51.183Z Let me read you a few more extracts from the "Magna Charta" of human liberty. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z So violent were the conflicts that arose between him and his subjects, that in order to save his crown he had to yield to their demand the act of the "Magna Charta." Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z The clauses we have quoted just before, need no comment to show how sturdily the spirit of liberty strode abroad even at the beginning of the Thirteenth Century, for Magna Charta was signed in 1215. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The book was adopted as their new Magna Charta. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett 2011-10-12T02:00:38.787Z On the 15th of June, 1815, a great festival took place for celebrating the centenary of the signing of Magna Charta. Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. 2011-09-26T02:00:29.140Z This was a kind of ratification of a Magna Charta of Golf. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z These claims of right became numerous and so burdensome that they were subsequently restricted by Magna Charta. Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club 2011-08-20T02:00:11.973Z Magna Charta, glorious as it was, was only the beginning of that basic legislation which was to distinguish the Thirteenth Century in England. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The Hungarians, alone of all Continental nations, have a political Constitution of their own, the origin of which goes back to an age prior to Magna Charta in England. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Runnymead: the place where Magna Charta was signed. renegade: one faithless to principle or party; a deserter of a cause. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z This is the great capital and fundamental article of Magna Charta, and the foundation upon which all the laws subsequent and consequential to Magna Charta have been made. An Answer to a Question that Nobody thinks of, viz., But what if the Queen should Die? 2011-07-11T02:00:07.563Z A. The common rights of Englishmen, as declared by Magna Charta and the Petition of Right, all justify it. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z The first great fact in the history of modern liberty is the signing of Magna Charta which took place only a little after the middle of the first quarter of the Thirteenth Century. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z We Americans are always talking of our Declaration of Independence, just as Englishmen do of their Magna Charta. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z Magna Charta distinctly stated that exile from England was the punishment for felony or treason, and that Parliament alone had the power to expel a subject. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z That is the Magna Charta of workmen’s compensation. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z We remember that among the titles were "Bill of Rights," "Free Speech," "Magna Charta" and "Habeas Corpus." Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z While it is the custom to talk much of Magna Charta and to praise its wonderful influence there are very few people who have ever actually read its provisions. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Here in England they’ve got Magna Charta into their heads—to a craze.” No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The Seal bears a Pillar on which is a beaver holding a Scroll inscribed Magna Charta. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z And the second clause of my Magna Charta would be of almost simpler dimensions than the first. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z The Land Act of 1881 is naturally regarded in Ireland as the sheet-anchor of the peasant—as the Magna Charta of his rights. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z The classics are said to be books that everyone praises but no one reads, and Magna Charta and the Constitution of the United States are documents that are joined in the same fate. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z At the beginning of the thirteenth century Magna Charta was signed. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z Edward came to America with the first company of emigrants in the Mayflower, December, 1620, and was one of the committee of four who wrote the immortal compact or Magna Charta. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z I commend my new Magna Charta to a party in want of a programme. The Law and the Poor 2011-05-07T02:00:30.390Z At their hands he had, the year previously, been compelled to undergo the mortification of signing the Magna Charta at Runnymede, a field between Windsor and Staines. Cathedral Cities of England Undoubtedly one of the most important chapters of Magna Charta is the very brief one, No. 17, which concerns itself with the holding of a Court of Common Pleas. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Magna Charta and the Habeas Corpus Act are the two great statutes for securing the liberty of the subject against unlawful arrests and suits. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli Remains of cup in which the Barons drank success to Magna Charta, 1215. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life He was a member of Congress in 1776-7 and when the final vote was taken upon the Magna Charta of our Liberty William Williams responded a thundering—aye—that told his boldness and his zeal. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution In any case, it is to the body that one looks for the Magna Charta of feminism. Women as World Builders Studies in Modern Feminism Hence it has been said by distinguished English jurists that Magna Charta gave England a Capital. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Assi�zes, a term chiefly used in England to signify the sessions of the courts held at Westminster prior to Magna Charta, but thereafter appointed by successive enactments to be held annually in every county. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli It was now the moment to enfranchise the people, and give that security to private property which Magna Charta had given to personal liberty. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Mr. Read and his coadjutors understood the rights secured by Magna Charta and the Constitution of England and knew that those rights were trampled upon by the hirelings of the crown. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution In the central one, which is used as a muniment room, there is preserved an invaluable curiosity, an original copy of the Magna Charta of King Henry III. The Pencil of Nature Next year the primate excommunicated those royal officers who had seized goods or persons belonging to the clergy, and all who had violated Magna Charta. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z The rebels turned against England and denounced it as a tyrant, although to it America owed Magna Charta and the Habeas Corpus Act. A Defence of the Hessians Hence Sir E. Coke argues that villeins are included in the 29th article of Magna Charta: "No freeman shall be disseised nor imprisoned." View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 It is the grand palladium of equal rights—the polar star of rational Liberty—the Magna Charta of universal freedom and has crowned its author with laurels of enduring fame. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Put away Magna Charta and talk to me. Plashers Mead A Novel Have some one who has seen the Domesday Book and the Magna Charta describe them. The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. The legislation of Henry VIII., his Privy Council, and his parliaments is the Magna Charta of the modern world. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII The circumstances are not wholly unlike those of Magna Charta. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Like a majestic oak that had long braved the raging tempest, he stood alone as a signer of our Magna Charta calmly awaiting the time when he should be riven and gathered to his fathers. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution So Guy flung theories of rhyme and meter to overwhelm Magna Charta; and, next day, he and Michael walked all over Oxford in the rain, he himself still talking. Plashers Mead A Novel The very first clause of Magna Charta provided for the stability of its property and rights. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend Marie repeated to the delegates her assurances, her oaths, her promises, and granted the "Great Privilege," a sort of Magna Charta and Bill of Rights in the history of Holland. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) But in this they were undoubtedly warranted by the clear language of Magna Charta, which makes no distinction of the kind. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 In his view, oppression, not recognised by Magna Charta, had dissolved all allegiance to the crown—that the original contract had been cancelled on the heights of Lexington by American blood. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution I choose, for instance, to manage my estate,—the property that has been in my family for centuries,—the acres that have descended to us by grants as old as Magna Charta. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The burgesses replied, that they could not see any such prohibition contained in Magna Charta; that two former assemblies had passed such a law, and that it had stood in force upwards of ten years. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Some of the provisions of Magna Charta were directed against the increase of the royal forests and against the "evil customs" maintained with respect to them. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition Why are we to interpret Magna Charta otherwise than according to the natural meaning of the words and the concurrent voice of parliament? View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 His name is recorded on the Magna Charta of our Liberty—his fame will live until the last vestige of American history shall be blotted from the world. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution That a husband should provide the means of subsistence is the very Magna Charta of honorable marriage; and nine hundred and ninety-nine men out of a thousand so accept it. Maids Wives and Bachelors The governor and council will consent to this proposition so far as shall be agreeable to Magna Charta. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia But I demand in the name of Freedom, in the name of England, in the name of God and Justice, when was Magna Charta or the Petition of Right abolished on the soil of Virginia? Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion Some, however, have contended, that whatever they did in this respect was illegal, and an encroachment upon the common law and Magna Charta. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 He was familiar with every form of government and understood well the rights conferred by Magna Charta and the British constitution. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution It is the Magna Charta of Calvinism, and woe worth the day for dear old Scotland when its silver trumpet shall no longer be heard and listened to. Prisoners of Conscience It thus appears that Magna Charta was held to be in force in the colony. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia My friends, Ballard and Temple, are such sticklers for law, that we must not deviate from Magna Charta or the Petition of Right. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion A great proportion of our best laws, including Magna Charta itself, as it now stands confirmed by Henry III., were, in the most literal sense, obtained by a pecuniary bargain with the crown. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 There is our own famous English proverb, the very Magna Charta of prudential security. Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind Begging your pardon, it has another significance, which you will find if you look into your dictionary,—that blessed Magna Charta of linguistic rights and privileges. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part The arrival of Governor Spotswood in Virginia was hailed with joy, because he brought with him the right of Habeas Corpus—a right guaranteed to every Englishman by Magna Charta, but hitherto denied to Virginians. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia The document is, in fact, the Magna Charta of his reign. Rulers of India: Akbar So sensitive was their jealousy of arbitrary imprisonment, that they preferred enduring riot and robbery to chastising them by any means that might afford a precedent to oppression, or weaken men's reverence for Magna Charta. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 They cling to their rights as Britons do to Magna Charta, only with this difference—they have a clearer conception of what they are. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) The English Magna Charta purports to be a grant from the king and, though framed by the barons and forced upon the king, it contains no assertion of rights by nature. Concerning Justice The press invoked the Fathers of the Republic, Magna Charta, and Justice. The Crow's Nest Magna Charta, I should fancy, secures that great right to every man; else surely it is sadly defective. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 And Sir Robert Cotton maintains without hesitation that villeins are not within the 29th section of Magna Charta, "being excluded by the word liber." View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 I am not aware that such laws, though they exist in many States, were ever supposed to be in conflict with the principle of Magna Charta incorporated into the State Constitutions. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. The width of woollen cloth is prescribed in Magna Charta. Old and New London Volume I In the history of Territorial government the Ordinance of 1787 stands as the Magna Charta of the West. History of the Constitutions of Iowa His compliance with the King's desire to violate the first principle of Magna Charta, "endeared him to the Court, and secured him further preferment as soon as any opportunity should occur." The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence He formed the famous Petition of Right, the second Magna Charta, as it has been aptly called, of the nation's liberties. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. I think I may at least say, if the Congress did then violate Magna Charta by the ordinance, no one discovered that violation. Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford December Term, 1856. They have been well called the Magna Charta of the liberties of the insane. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles Already that undocumented Magna Charta was manifestly not working upon the lines she had anticipated. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman "That in place of Judicature, the Lord Chief Justice hath undervalued, vilified, and condemned Magna Charta, the great preserver of our lives, freedom, and property." The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence As an engine of public liberty, the newspaper press is more effectual than the Magna Charta, because its powers are wielded with more ease, and exercised with more promptitude and adaptiveness to each particular case. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. The French historians are of the opinion that it was to his father's victory of Bouvines that England was indebted for her Magna Charta. Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 It would seem that the spirit of Magna Charta and of the Christian religion was constantly outraged. History of Human Society Magna Charta, Cromwell, the Roundheads, the Puritans, the spirit of nonconformity, most of the limitations of the power of the Throne, the industrial and commercial greatness of Britain—these things are Anglo-Saxon. The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations The ablest lawyers in England showed that the tax was contrary to Magna Charta, to the fundamental laws of the realm, to the Petition of Right and to the practice of the kingdom. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence The accident of living in a colony deprives them of no right secured by Magna Charta. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series In niches between the windows and at the ends are eighteen statues of barons who signed Magna Charta. Dickens' London The Magna Charta of the early 13th century took cognizance, not only of the roads, called “The King’s Highway,” but also of inland navigation, under the term “Haut streames de le Roy.” A History of Horncastle from the earliest period to the present time Yeardley had been the bearer of the Virginia Magna Charta, under which the first Assembly had been established, and his services had not been forgotten by the people. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 Dudley, the new Chief Justice, told the people who appealed to Magna Charta, "they must not think the privileges of Englishmen would follow them to the end of the world." The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence Before France could compete with England, she had to rid herself of the feudal system, and obtain a Magna Charta. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." The Magna Charta belongs to us as much as does the Declaration of Independence. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Henry I. gave it a new charter, which is said to have been the model for Magna Charta. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Their first act was to decide upon a form of government to replace the Virginia Magna Charta. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 The patriots plead the laws of England and Magna Charta. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence These facts are about as conspicuous in the history of Ireland as Magna Charta and the Commonwealth in the history of England. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Since the year of Magna Charta we have repudiated the idea of representation by proxy. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV You might as well ask me if I’m familiar with the Emancipation Proclamation––the Magna Charta.” Rope The legislative powers granted the Virginia Assembly in the Magna Charta, and continued with slight alterations after the revocation of the charter of the London Company, were very extensive. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 This was contrary to law, nay, to the Constitution of England, her Magna Charta itself provided against unparliamentary taxation. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence The people who want to hold the meeting always accuse the Government of violating the right of free speech and substituting a military tyranny for the Magna Charta. The Red Hand of Ulster This is in line with the Magna Charta, with the Petition of Rights, with the Articles of Confederation, with the National Constitution. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV That is the Magna Charta of the world of art. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences These papers, which became known as the Virginia Magna Charta, were the very corner-stone of liberty in the colony and in all America. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 From the times of Magna Charta down to the times of the Revolution, we find every triumph of liberty heralded in by some gross outrage upon it. Leading Articles on Various Subjects He rubbed up his old legal knowledge, looked into the law-books, and discovered that imprisonment for debt was contrary to Magna Charta. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The above two laws have been called the Magna Charta of the solar system, and were long supposed to guarantee its absolute permanence. Pioneers of Science At a meeting between Henry III and the French prince at Merton in Surrey, it was agreed to give Magna Charta a form, in which it was deemed compatible with the monarchy. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) The Magna Charta made provision for the establishment of boroughs, which were to serve both as units for local government and as electoral districts. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 In these contests the barons were usually successful in the end, and then they always insisted on the vanquished monarch's ratifying or signing the Magna Charta anew. Richard II Makers of History For my part, I believe, I became feverish through the night, and in my sleep talked to the binnacle about Magna Charta. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition The monopoly of political power enjoyed by the King was broken down in England when the nobility compelled the signing of Magna Charta. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy The Great Charter came into being, truly the 'Magna Charta,' which throws not merely all earlier, but also the later charters into the shade. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) But under the great mound which bore the keep you may see what local tradition has named the Baron's caves, where, as the story goes, the Barons met before the signing of Magna Charta. Highways and Byways in Surrey He was born at or near Saint Albans, educated at Oxford, studied at Lincoln’s Inn, wrote poems much admired in his day, and translated Magna Charta from French into Latin. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Magna Charta is such a fellow that he will have no sovereign. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature In the next century, St. Catherine's Chapel witnessed a stirring scene, when Henry III., holding in one hand a Gospel, in the other a lighted taper, swore to uphold Magna Charta. Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young More than any that had gone before however does Magna Charta bear this character. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) Would the Great Chiefs have ever combined to wrest a Magna Charta from an unwilling King, and the räayat have succeeded in beating down the tyranny of their Chiefs? In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula The first event, the wringing of Magna Charta from the king, Shakespeare passes over. Tolstoy on Shakespeare A Critical Essay on Shakespeare Magna Charta extended this provision so as to include the agricultural implements and cattle of the peasantry. Principles Of Political Economy They do not mention the rights of man; they invoke the 'revolution principles' of 1688; they insist upon the 'Bill of Rights' or Magna Charta. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. It is, properly speaking, this charter which was renewed in the ninth year of Henry III as Magna Charta, and was afterwards repeatedly confirmed. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) The very parchment on which the terms of this union were written "has been preserved as a testimony to the early independence of the Forest Cantons, the Magna Charta of Switzerland." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Though an indifferent judge, his Observations on the Statutes, chiefly the more ancient, from Magna Charta to 21st James I., cap. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" This is the Magna Charta of our Christian liberties. The Faith of Our Fathers The French, it seemed, were abolishing an arbitrary despotism and adopting the principles of Magna Charta and the 'Habeas Corpus' Act. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. The later government of Henry III has a different character from the earlier: the legate himself confirmed Magna Charta in the shape finally accepted. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) This ordinance is known, from the place of its promulgation, as the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, and is sometimes called the "Palladium of France," also the "Magna Charta of the Gallican Church." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Magna Charta, Petition of Right, Habeas Corpus, what O’Connell even called the “glorious Revolution of 1688,” are as much American as English. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader The greatest bulwark of civil liberty is the famous Magna Charta. The Faith of Our Fathers Magna Charta is an early expression of the Declaration of Rights, and thus pure reason confirms British tradition. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. This is only second in importance to Magna Charta itself as a landmark in the history of England. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Edward III grants Aquitaine to his son, the Black Prince; he also celebrates his fiftieth birthday by a general amnesty and a confirmation of Magna Charta. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 Magna Charta had been overridden and trampled underfoot by brave tyrants and evaded by cowardly ones. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage On the former is seen Britannia, holding the pileus and cap of liberty in one hand with Magna Charta, and in the other the scales of justice. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Burdett, when at last he was forced to admit the officers, appeared in his drawing-room in the act of expounding Magna Charta to his son. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill This Magna Charta of Swabia granted the people a degree of freedom which was exceedingly irksome to the Dukes of Wirtemberg. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg In such a case he would make and memorise his own Correlation, perhaps thus: Magna Charta … magnify … diminish … DwiNDLe. Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget The men of '76 fought for Magna Charta. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage The clauses in the Sand River Convention which were intended to be the Magna Charta of their liberties proved a delusion and a snare. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back He had sympathised with the French revolution; but was mainly, like his mentor, Tooke, a reformer of the English type, and a believer in Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights. The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill This was a violation of one of the dearest principles of Magna Charta which recognizes the house of every Briton as his castle. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 Would you believe it, he couldn’t recollect when Magna Charta was signed on my asking him the date yesterday.” Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant Whatever else may be lost, the principles of Magna Charta have survived the conflict of arms. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage In the Transvaal there was as yet no counterpart to that most important clause in our own Magna Charta, which says "We will not sell justice to any man." With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back It hammered out on fields of blood the Magna Charta; it took the head of Charles I.; it shattered the sceptre of George III.; it now circles the globe in an iron grasp. The Hindered Hand or, The Reign of the Repressionist If so, Magna Charta was wrong, and the American Revolution earth's greatest example of lynch law! The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado The birthrights of British citizenship embodied in the Magna Charta, Habeas Corpus, and Bill of Rights are no longer inviolable. Six days of the Irish Republic A Narrative and Critical Account of the Latest Phase of Irish Politics In 1870, however, General Toombs delivered, in different parts of Georgia, a carefully prepared lecture on the Principles of Magna Charta. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage "The chief clause in Magna Charta was that no free man should be put to death or imprisoned without his own consent." Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk Of the twenty-six barons who signed the Magna Charta only three could write their names—the rest could only make their mark. The Root of Evil The contemporary copy of Magna Charta, made for William Longespée, first Earl of Salisbury, and referred to elsewhere, is sometimes exhibited here. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum "I could be content to lend," he said, "but fear to draw on myself that curse in Magna Charta, which should be read twice a year against those who infringe it." History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 In his Magna Charta lecture Mr. Toombs said that Algernon Sidney had summed up the object of all human wisdom as the good government of the people. Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage Magna Charta for ever! glorious safeguard of our liberties! A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I He was at the head of the barons in their struggle with the king, and his name appears as that of the first witness to the famous Magna Charta. The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See A. That he gave to a grateful country the Magna Charta. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 18, 1893 A style borrowed from the memory of the professor informing a backward class in economics what the exact date of the signing of the Magna Charta really was. Erik Dorn Again, Gilbert de Clare, who is buried in the Abbey, was one of the chief signatories of Magna Charta. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire Long after Magna Charta, villains were sold with their "chattels and offspring," named in that order. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I A two-cent stamp is the signature of the nation, the tiny stupendous Magna Charta of the rights of the people. The Ghost in the White House Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white house) can mak They brought with them the Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights; they threw around themselves the safeguard of Anglo-Saxon liberty purified and burned by those years of oppression. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time Just then the cry was raised that she was coming, and the Magna Charta was hastily folded up, without receiving the signatures. The Second Chance His name, as also that of his father, is among the signatories of Magna Charta, and he was a strenuous supporter of the barons against the King. Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire In truth, Socialism is as Anglo-Saxon as Magna Charta and as American as the Declaration of Independence, and we might as well attribute either or both of these to Jewish intrigue as Socialism. The Jew and American Ideals A sigh of relief went up from many intelligent farmers who had begun to worry over the conditions developing; for they looked upon the Manitoba Grain Act as a sort of Magna Charta. Deep Furrows The third Earl, Robert, was one of the guardians of the Magna Charta. The Kensington District The Fascination of London Sir Robert Cotton one day at his tailor's discovered that the man was holding in his hand, ready to cut up for measures—an original Magna Charta, with all its appendages of seals and signatures. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 He could not remember the clauses of Magna Charta, but he knew eternally that it was signed at a place amusingly called Runnymede. Clayhanger “That’s one of the first things I insist upon in Magna Charta.” Boycotted And Other Stories He was absorbed in generous admiration for the other man and with enthusiasm for the glorious chance that Rockefeller seemed to have to make a new Magna Charta of brotherhood between Capital and Labour. The Masques of Ottawa It is said that a written constitution, partaking of the nature of the Magna Charta, was granted to Novgorod by Iaroslaf the Great. The Story of Russia This anecdote is told by Colomiés, who long resided in this country; and an original Magna Charta is preserved in the Cottonian library exhibiting marks of dilapidation. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Henry III. of England, when he confirmed “Magna Charta,” used the expression, On the word of a gentleman, a king and a knight. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 “I make a strong point of that in Magna Charta, you know.” Boycotted And Other Stories The first law passed for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which aimed even at parents who did not act a parent's part, was the Magna Charta of child rights. The Family and it's Members This author points out that of the twenty-five barons selected to enforce the observance of Magna Charta, there is not now in the House of Peers a single male descendant. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Walpole's talk about Magna Charta and the execution of Charles I. could, it is plain, imply but a skin-deep republicanism. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) The poet Clough once said, "It makes a great difference to me that Magna Charta was signed at Runnymede, but it does not make much difference to me to know that it was signed." Joyous Gard Here have I been and worn my fingers to the bone writing Magna Charta and giving England all her liberties, and he never once mentions it! Boycotted And Other Stories Neither Pericles' republic nor Octavian's monarchy were the States of happiness, but St Paul's pan-human state, with a single Magna Charta of willing service, will be a State of Universal Happiness. The Agony of the Church (1917) The Magna Charta is a comprehensive bill of rights, and, though crude in form, and with many clauses of merely local value, its spirit still lives and will live. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference On his way home he dictated to his secretary, Charles Buller, the famous report which is to Canada what the Magna Charta is to England or the Declaration of Independence to the United States. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom He was hated in England, where the English lords forced him to sign Magna Charta in 1215. Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas The rife spirit that boded destruction to ancient landmarks had passed him by; Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights were to him abiding verities. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective If the Magna Charta demanded rights which government can grant, Masonry from the first asserted those inalienable rights which man derives from God the Father of men. The Builders A Story and Study of Masonry No Magna Charta, no Cromwell, no Declaration of Independence is to be found in German history. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View When he reminded us that Ivanhoe had produced Magna Charta, there was a purpose of irony even there in regard to our vaunted freedom. Thackeray Similar methods would mean revolt in democratic France and individualistic England where every man carries Magna Charta, talisman of his own "rights," in his waistcoat pocket. My Second Year of the War Not inaptly has it been called 'the second Magna Charta,' 'a pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night,' in the settlement and government of the Northwestern States. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective Literate men also gave us the Magna Charta and the Declaration of Independence. Null-ABC Coke declared an Act of Parliament against Magna Charta was null and void. An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting With all your Magna Charta and your juries, what are you but snobs! Thackeray I would advise to plant some of the most hardy of the hybrid perpetual roses, such as General Jacqueminot, Magna Charta, Mrs. Chas. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 His report has been the Magna Charta and Declaration of Independence of the self-governing colonies of the British Empire. The Canadian Commonwealth This Magna Charta of the Germanic constitution continued to be the fundamental law of the empire till its dissolution. The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch These three laws of Kepler constitute the Magna Charta of the solar system. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 How can the preceding conditions and the terms of the Magna Charta be brought home to a class? Ontario Teachers' Manuals: History Magna Charta only marked a period in their growth; the assertion of the rights of the Commons marked another; our Revolution marked another; the adoption of our Constitution marked another still. The Young Man and the World Not long ago I heard a seventh-grade class discussing the Magna Charta. Craftsmanship in Teaching It was a treaty securing them in their lands; it was their Magna Charta in every respect. The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. The history of the law from the days of Magna Charta to the passage of the reform bill of Earl Grey's administration, was the study of his whole professional and public life. Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell Then came those who triumphed at Naseby, and overthrew the kingly office and maintained the constitution of the realm and the integrity of Magna Charta and the Petition of Rights. Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of William H. F. Lee (A Representative from Virginia) Delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, Fifty-Second Congress, First Session Magna Charta is the earliest statute, the text of which has come down to us in an authentic form, and thence downward we have them entire. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 The great basis of it is anterior to the date of the Magna Charta, which is the oldest statute extant. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 That question was our local Magna Charta, though what the origin of the tradition was I have no idea. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent Meanwhile, Sandys, who had a large share in draughting the second and third charters, was associated with Sir Thomas Smith in preparing a document which has been called the "Magna Charta of America." England in America, 1580-1652 If so, very ill would the purchase of Magna Charta have merited the deluge of blood which was shed in order to have the body of English privileges defined by a positive written law. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) Magna Charta was forced from a weak monarch by a conspiracy of nobles, acting from purely selfish motives, in behalf of their own order. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 From the time of Canute to that of the Magna Charta, you know, the text of our statutes is preserved to us in Latin only, and some old French. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 But the Constitution is our Magna Charta, which can bear no sovereign but itself, as you will see at once, if you will consider its character. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 And now the professor grows savage and so wildly Conservative that we fear he may denounce Magna Charta next as a gross error. Side Lights These presents were called oblations; and the records preceding Magna Charta, and for some time after, are full of them. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) The people desire the privileges inseparably annexed, since Magna Charta, to the freehold which they have by descent or obtain as the fruits of their industry. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) It is the first article of Magna Charta, "that the Church of England shall be free," &c., &c. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) In my opinion, it weakens Magna Charta and all our statutes; for they are absolute without any saving of sovereign power. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 This departure from the Magna Charta of the Northwest furnished the would-be secessionists with a pretext. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics The Bible, as English literature, as old-world history, as moral teaching, as the Magna Charta of the poor and of the oppressed, the most democratic book in the world, could not be spared. Thomas Henry Huxley A Character Sketch All the great principles of Magna Charta are retained in it. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) James Otis with fiery tongue appealed to Magna Charta. American Eloquence, Volume 2 Studies In American Political History (1896) For this word whatsoever would go as effectually to their Magna Charta, Bill of Rights, trial by Juries, &c. as it went to the charters and forms of government in America. A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up Only a few months before the death of Buckingham, Coke framed the celebrated Petition of Rights, a document which has often been spoken of as the second Magna Charta. The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck A Scandal of the XVIIth Century Magna Charta, if it did not give us originally the House of Commons, gave us at least an House of Commons of weight and consequence. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) In China does not the coming of a parliament involve the previous issue of a Magna Charta? The Awakening of China You behold how carefully we fulfil the letter of Magna Charta. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 Magna Charta, and the common and statute law of England, in all points not contrary to the Catholic religion, or inconsistent with the liberty of Ireland, were made the basis of the new Government. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 These rights were the famous three F's—fixity of tenure, free sale, and fair rent—of the Magna Charta of the Irish peasant. Ireland In The New Century This bill, and those connected with it, are intended to form the Magna Charta of Hindostan. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) In 1854, the Magna Charta of the Hottentots, as it was called, was created. Native Races and the War See Signing of the Magna Charta, page 175. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) This prelate was one of those who were the means of obtaining Magna Charta. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 In substance they are as old as Magna Charta and were already embodied in most if not all of the state constitutions. Our Changing Constitution Might we ask this Champion of the teapot and milk-jug whether Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights were won by the fireside? Political Pamphlets It was fancy, not connoisseurship, that made him hang up Magna Charta beside his bed and, opposite it, the warrant for the execution of King Charles I., on which he had written “Major Charta.” The Art of Letters The Squire conceived himself as out for Magna Charta—the root principles of British liberty. Elizabeth's Campaign Not less strange, however, did thousands of good Englishmen deem it, to behold the proud "British Lion" quail before his foe of "the wilderness," and the "Magna Charta" rent in twain. Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, 1857-78 On the 15th of June the anniversary of Magna Charta will fall and will pass without any disturbance. The Pleasures of Ignorance Well, the company selects a lady to answer your questions, and the first thing you ask her is: "When was Magna Charta signed?" The Sunny Side The case was apparently prosecuted under the Laws of the Twelve Tables of 450 B.C., the Magna Charta of Roman liberty. The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature And Magna Charta had been signed a hundred and fifty years before! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 The big Four who ran Chicago chanted their Magna Charta like children at school. A Diversity of Creatures Indeed one of the reforms which the aristocracy made much of in their revolt, and which is granted in Magna Charta, is the destruction of the King's weirs upon the Thames. The Historic Thames It was a maxim among our lawyers, that even an Act of Parliament against Magna Charta was null of itself.—Swift. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings Speech to the Freeholders on Reform"— "Stick to the Bill—it is your Magna Charta, and your Runnymede. Sydney Smith Let us spell out the Magna Charta of which we humbly catch sight. Light Magna Charta partook of the nature of a written constitution, as far as it went, but it did not create a government. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty But the weirs cannot have been permanently destroyed; though the public rights over the river were curtailed by Magna Charta, the system of regulation was founded and endured. The Historic Thames The Magna Charta of 1215 grants that the "Church of England shall be free and have her rights intact, and her liberties uninjured." Our Lady Saint Mary It is an erroneous idea that Magna Charta was signed on Runnymede: it was signed on Magna Charta Island, which goes a great way to prove the identity of the table. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 472, January 22, 1831 Liberties is the term used in Magna Charta as including franchises, privileges, immunities, and all the rights which belong to that class. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style The barons imposed on the weak-minded King John Magna Charta, from which sprang the House of Lords. The Man Who Laughs Barons give Tower to Archbishop in trust for Magna Charta, 84. The Historic Thames He gloried in "Magna Charta," and never knowingly sacrificed his baronial privileges, yet he was wax in the hands of a skillful wheedler, and his "adamantine will" was readily fused in the fires of flattery. Miriam Monfort A Novel To this day they regard it as the Magna Charta of their liberties. The Long White Cloud Here are four not so good:—Magna Charta—'The Barons extorted this Charter,' 1215. Fated to Be Free To conserve the new spirit of brotherhood which they awakened, they embodied in the book of the Law, that constituted the Magna Charta of the Reformation, a development of a gracious usage of the people. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible Tower, the, its importance in campaign in Magna Charta, 74, 78-86; compared to Louvre, 79; White, true Tower of London, 79, 82; military misfortunes of, 83, 84; Jews in, 85. The Historic Thames Thus Magna Charta expresses it that there should be no taxation without "the advice" of Parliament, without legislation; and as Parliament was a representative body, it is the equivalent of "taxation without representation." Popular Law-making The discussion of taxation has accompanied the growth of free government in England and America from the time of Magna Charta. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II Lured by the ideals of Rhodes, the country that gave to mankind Magna Charta seemed now bent only on its own aggrandizement and preservation. A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia It, perhaps, fills the same position in the history of ethics that the English Constitution does in political history; yet it has had nothing to compare with the Magna Charta or the Habeas Corpus Act. Bushido, the Soul of Japan Perhaps the most precious portion of his relics would be the hand that signed Magna Charta. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 573, October 27, 1832 There are four sections of Magna Charta that are most important. Popular Law-making He was likewise one of the twenty-five barons, whose signatures were attached to Magna Charta and the charter of Forests at Runnemede. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 564, September 1, 1832 "Magna Charta merely fashionable fad of ye Barons." Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times It did not seem fit to us that such a one as he should trouble his head about spondees and dactyls, or care to know who signed the Magna Charta. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales "And towards the Jews alone, one of the noblest charters of liberty on earth—Magna Charta, the Briton's boast—legalized an act of injustice." The Grammar of English Grammars The exemption of tools or implements of trade goes back to Magna Charta, it will be remembered, but the exemption of other articles is modern and American. Popular Law-making Of what use to them was Magna Charta, if they must seal their lips in silence when a public abuse required to be corrected, a gigantic wrong to be righted? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 In the Reform Club of London, framed and glazed over against Magna Charta, is the American Declaration of Independence, kindred trophies they are of the same essentially English spirit of stubborn insubordination. An Englishman Looks at the World The form of Magna Charta as contrasted with its essential nature. Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins Magna Charta was secured by men who signed the deed with their marks. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance It is expressly guaranteed in our Federal Constitution, as for the matter of that it was also in Magna Charta, as clearly as the right to liberty, and usually in the very same clause. Popular Law-making Whether we shall presently be discussing a Juvenile Magna Charta or Declaration of Rights by way of including children in the Constitution is a question on which I leave others to speculate. Treatise on Parents and Children Of the latter commodity he had always a grim little heap, on which lay a little wooden measure which had no discernible inside, and was considered to represent the penn'orth appointed by Magna Charta. Our Mutual Friend It was the Magna Charta of the telephone. The History of the Telephone This author points out that of the twenty-five barons selected to enforce the observance of Magna Charta, there is not now in the House of Peers a single male descendant. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance London, liberties and customs of recognized in Magna Charta; laws of relating to labor; statute of, customs of, 1285. Popular Law-making The public are inclined to think that our Magna Charta was accepted and signed with unbounded enthusiasm and that scarcely any opposition to it appeared, but the contrary was the fact. Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch Next, a great council met at Bristol, revised Magna Charta, and made Lord Pembroke Regent or Protector of England, as the King was too young to reign alone. A Child's History of England Instead of springing from a belief in abstract human rights, they were an accumulation of concrete legal and political privileges which had developed since Magna Charta. The Black Experience in America The language of the Magna Charta and the Declaration of American Independence, the two instruments that have spread the bread of liberty before a hungry world. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 12 Due process of law, under Magna Charta; principle may include immunity from self-incrimination. Popular Law-making All this "grinding of the faces of the poor" is being accomplished by those politicians who were most vocal in proclaiming their allegiance to the Chicago platform as a new "Magna Charta of Mankind." Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 Then the question came to be solemnly tried, whether this was not a violation of Magna Charta, and an encroachment by the King on the highest rights of the English people. A Child's History of England The present government of England has been built up almost imperceptibly, and the Constitution of the United States is but a differentiation of Magna Charta, not a new and violent birth. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 He spent three delightful minutes in assuring himself of the fact that no one exactly remembered the date of Magna Charta. Main Street Personal liberty, Anglo-Saxon idea of; English idea of; recognized in Magna Charta; in labor contracts. Popular Law-making With all England, he knew the utter contempt in which Henry held the terms of the Magna Charta which he so often violated along with his kingly oath to maintain it. The Outlaw of Torn No feudal baron in Magna Charta times could have more thoroughly resented some incursion of the crown. Uncle Tom's Cabin As the list contained sixty-three separate promises, it was called the Great Charter or Magna Charta. Introductory American History His various enactments constituted, as it were, a Magna Charta of the Jews in the Empire; Judaism was a favored cult in the provinces, a licita religio in the capital. Josephus Dower right, recognized in Magna Charta; in American legislation. Popular Law-making I kept peeking around for the Boar's Head and the Rosemary and Magna Charta and the Cricket on the Hearth, and the rest of the outfit. Traffics and Discoveries One number, issued just after James Franklin's release, was nearly filled with passages from 'Magna Charta,' and comments upon the same, showing the unconstitutionality of the treatment to which he had been subjected. From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin Forest laws, the grievance of, under William the Conqueror; their severity increased by William Rufus; mitigated by Magna Charta. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Cruel creditors! operation of iniquitous laws! is Magna Charta then a mockery? The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 Their property may perish or be confiscated, but the right to unmolested worship is older than Magna Charta, and as inalienable as life itself. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Time forbids my calling over the roll of these noble patriots who signed their names to our Magna Charta. Five Sermons Magna Charta was wrung from a tyrant king. The American Judiciary Pope, nominates Stephen Langton Abp. of Canterbury, places England under an interdict, annuls Magna Charta, interferes against the crown of England being given to Louis the Lion, his death. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II The son had an equal share with the parent in Agincourt and Magna Charta. Ten Great Events in History The issue changed from that of a struggle of legitimate authority to suppress rebellion, and became a context, between Englishmen, for the suppression, or the perpetuation, of the rights of Magna Charta. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 However the boldness came; these two men before the Council were making an epoch at that moment, and their grand words are the Magna Charta of the right of every sincere conviction to free speech. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts One of them, in Massachusetts, Rev. Nathaniel Ward, drafted the Magna Charta or "Body of Liberties" of that colony, adopted in 1641. The American Judiciary Much, however, was done by the recognition of the law, and Magna Charta has been the foundation of all subsequent legislation in England. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II His easel stood in the centre, with the great canvas balanced across it, while against the walls there leaned his two last attempts, "The Murder of Thomas of Canterbury" and "The Signing of Magna Charta." The Doings of Raffles Haw Haven't all politicians been preaching for years that England's national greatness was all owing to her political institutions—to Magna Charta, and the Bill of Rights, and representative parliaments, and all that? Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography It testifies to long political stability; it is rooted in Magna Charta. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia All the States, and New Hampshire among them, had done the same in placing the great features of Magna Charta in their bills of rights. The American Judiciary Magna Charta was revised a few days after at Bristol; Henry was made to swear to agree to it, and the Earl of Pembroke appointed as his protector. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Beneath the concrete campaign issues in New Jersey he saw the fundamental principles of Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him Zo had declined to commit to memory "the political consequences of the granting of Magna Charta"—and now stood reserved for punishment, when her mother "had time to attend to it." Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time This "right of appeal" was regarded as the Magna Charta of Roman liberty. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization Some of these writings were of special importance, such as the twelve tables of Rome and the Magna Charta of England. The American Judiciary The family of Pembroke, Earls Marshal of England, were especially obnoxious to this party, as resolute supporters of Magna Charta, and of much power and influence. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II His son-in-law, Lord Everingham, who was a Whig, and a clearheaded, cold-blooded man, looked upon the New Poor Law as another Magna Charta. Coningsby If Not guilty be not a Verdict, then you make of the Jury and Magna Charta but a meer Nose of Wax. The Tryal of William Penn and William Mead for Causing a Tumult at the Sessions Held at the Old Bailey in London the 1st, 3d, 4th, and 5th of September 1670 This important document forms the Magna Charta for secular education in Prussia. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization Magna Charta he will have signed at Runnymede--probably he will have it drawn up there as well. First and Last Further, it was enacted that Magna Charta should be rehearsed twice a year in all the cathedrals, with a sentence of excommunication on all who should infringe it. Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II But prima facie, this was that selling of justice which is expressly renounced in Magna Charta; and why were proprietors of copyright, more than other proprietors, to make an "acknowledgment" for their rights? Autobiographical Sketches "The Austrian Cabinet, seeing their overwhelming unanimity, felt that resistance was impossible"; consequently this Reform Bill of April, 1848, was considered by all Hungarian patriots as their Magna Charta. Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman "The stamp act is against Magna Charta, and Lord Coke says an act of Parliament against Magna Charta is for that reason void," was the reply. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 It is the Magna Charta of the nation, and its summing up is 'this do, and thou shalt live.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Charley, a great deal because he is Sir Victor Catheron of Catheron Royals, with a rent-roll of twenty thousand a year, and more, and a name that is older than Magna Charta. A Terrible Secret Magna Charta, I should fancy, secures that great right to every man; else, surely, it is sadly defective. Autobiographical Sketches What did the institutions of a free people, or the text of Magna Charta signify to them? Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present They replied, rather feebly, with talk of Magna Charta. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 There is no one document—not Magna Charta, nor the Petition of Eight, nor the Bill of Rights—which can be said to contain the whole of the British constitution. The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860 "Obey orders, though you break owners," is the Magna Charta of the main. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 New England aristocracy was the rule of the wisest and the best, extending to the remotest hamlets, in which the people discussed the elemental principles of Magna Charta and the liberties of Saxon yeomen. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 11 American Founders The English Magna Charta and Petition of Right and the American Declaration of Independence are an extension of the application of the same principles embodied in Beowulf. Halleck's New English Literature Magna Charta was no protection against the abolition of the right of Habeas Corpus: "Do not think the laws of England follow you to the ends of the earth!" The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 When the Magna Charta was going about to gain signers, these feudal Arundel gentlemen figured in the bill, so to speak. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 It will soon be seen that these special advantages produced a government nearly analogous to that which Magna Charta was the means of founding at a later period in England. Holland The History of the Netherlands The most material articles of it were afterwards comprehended in Magna Charta. The History of England, Volume I This was in violation of Magna Charta; for the government of Great Britain was representative. Government and Rebellion This last observation was probably not devoid of truth; nor was a subsequent one, "There are none of you but what are big with the privileges of Englishmen and Magna Charta." The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 It was at Northampton that he gave them their first training in political action—a training whose full results were seen half a century later in the winning of Magna Charta. Henry the Second We have never let go of Magna Charta or the Bill of Rights or the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. Experiments in Government and the Essentials of the Constitution This shibboleth, or slogan, came to them from across the sea and was first uttered in England before the days of Magna Charta. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) Among other things, we were shown the 'Magna Charta'—a few fragments of worn-out paper on which some words could be traced; now carefully preserved in a frame, beneath a glass. Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals The right of an independent Briton to beat his wife without being liable to impertinent foreign interference is well known to be one of the most precious privileges inherited from Magna Charta. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 31, October 29, 1870 The guarantee is as old as Magna Charta; for "due process of law" is but a paraphrase of "the law of the land," without which no freeman could be deprived of his liberties or possessions. The Constitution of the United States A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution Magna Charta imposed its limitations upon the kings of England and all their officers and agents. Experiments in Government and the Essentials of the Constitution The Quebec Act of 1774—the Magna Charta of the French-Canadian race—finally passed the House of Lords on the 18th of June. The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton In short, the distinguishing excellence of this instrument, like that of Magna Charta, consists in the wise and equitable protection which it affords to all classes of the community. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 Next after Magna Charta, this document up to this date is the most noted in the constitutional history of England. General History for Colleges and High Schools That Magna Charta has not wholly escaped the destructive tendencies of a mechanical age. The Constitution of the United States A Brief Study of the Genesis, Formulation and Political Philosophy of the Constitution This wholesale embargo upon the shipping and seamen of the nation, imposed as it was immediately after the ensealing of Magna Charta, raises a question of great constitutional interest. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore The concessions granted by the Magna Charta were made an essential part of their political philosophy. Problems in American Democracy Almost the first page which meets the eye in this venerable record contains the General Privilege, the Magna Charta, as it has been well denominated, of Aragon. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 1 Magna Charta forbade the king to impose taxes without the consent of Parliament. General History for Colleges and High Schools Terms which refer to great events in the history of the race require capitals; "The Flood, Magna Charta, Declaration of Independence." How to Speak and Write Correctly The Magna Charta is still only a pious aspiration. Without Prejudice The first ten amendments to the Federal Constitution and the Bill of Rights contained in the constitutions of the several states have been called by Lord Bryce "the legitimate children of Magna Charta." Problems in American Democracy Them that make the charges ain't the judges, which is a Magna Charta for him. Nature and Human Nature Prevent me from going alone where I please and when I please, and you deprive me of my liberty—tear up Magna Charta, in effect. Cashel Byron's Profession Our heroes have been those who fought against despots for the rights of the people; we measure progress by such milestones as the Magna Charta, the French Revolution, the American Declaration of Independence. Problems of Conduct "Legal judgment of his peers," says Magna Charta; but when an exceptional man blunders into the dock, is he ever accorded a panel of his equals? Without Prejudice Trace the influence of Magna Charta upon our ideal of justice. Problems in American Democracy Magna Charta, if it did not give us originally the House of Commons, gave us at least a House of Commons of weight and consequence. Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America A consideration of the principles underlying this proposed social order may prove that it is essentially—if perhaps paradoxically—individualistic, a logical evolution of institutions which had their origin in the Magna Charta. An essay on the American contribution and the democratic idea The burly men who Magna Charta wrung >From tyranny entrenched would stand aghast To see the ripples from that stone they flung, They, too, had selfish views. The Eye of Zeitoon The year 1215, which happened to be the date of Magna Charta and other easily fixed events, like the birth of Saint Louis, may serve to mark the triumph of the schools. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Sir James Mackintosh says that Magna Charta "converted the right of taxation into the shield of liberty," but it did nothing of the sort. The English Constitution It died out first perhaps, in England, after the signature of Magna Charta. Roman and the Teuton Truly, the annual feeding of Stuffy Pete was nothing national in its character, such as the Magna Charta or jam for breakfast was in England. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million Springing from the twin rootage of Magna Charta and the Declaration of Independence, his judicial statesmanship finds no parallel in the salient features of its achievement outside our own annals. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court Magna Charta, Ireland a partaker of. —the oldest reformation of England. —on the early constitutions of. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke When a self was dodging Battle Ax he hadn't much time to think about evolving a Magna Charta. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day He could scarcely find epithets opprobrious enough for Magna Charta, which the people considered, and rightly, as the palladium of English liberty. Irish Race in the Past and the Present His sympathies were with "the principles of our Magna Charta Americana"; but he thought the threatened division of the English-speaking peoples the greatest evil that could befall civilization. Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground It was the experience of the caprice and tyranny of the Monarch that extorted Magna Charta at Runnymede. Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners Magna Charta, if it did not give us originally the House of Commons, gave us at least a house of commons of weight and consequence. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke Contemporary Englishmen hailed this act as the Magna Charta of the Sea. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings In the very highest of the aristocracy, there lingered not a spark of the old brave spirit which wrung Magna Charta from the heart of a weak sovereign. Irish Race in the Past and the Present The times are not so hard as they once were, when a woman could not construe Magna Charta with anything like impunity. The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush At the upper end of the hall was the Magna Charta, with the Act of Uniformity on the right hand, and the Act of Toleration on the left. Essays and Tales I regard them now as the Magna Charta of heroic poetry; and am too much an Englishman to lose what my ancestors have gained for me. Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry There!" said Bob, slapping down the prospectus on the table with as much triumph as if it had been the original of Magna Charta, "what do you think of that? Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Magna Charta begins in this style: “We grant, of our own free will, the following privileges to the archbishops, bishops, priors, and barons of our kingdom,” etc. Letters on England The poet also speaks at the Union, where his sentiments are either revolutionary, or so wildly conservative that he looks on Magna Charta as the first step on the path that leads to England's ruin. Oxford We shall have Magna Charta up before us in the course of these lectures. Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) If so, very ill would the purchase of Magna Charta have merited the deluge of blood, which was shed in order to have the body of English privileges defined by a positive written law. Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. Others are of opinion that he was a legitimate son of old Lady Magna Charta, although he was long concealed and kept out of his birthright. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 The Magna Charta of England was very explicit, considering the time it was formed, and yet much blood was spilled in disputes concerning its meaning. The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3 Chronus talks of Magna Charta as though it were of no greater consequence than an act of parliament for the establishment of a corporation of buttonmakers. The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 2 Our constitutional authors and commentators are wont to take Magna Charta clause by clause, and word by word, and letter by letter. Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) The Persian Magna Charta, parallel to that between the Spartan king and the ephorate. Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus It led the way to Magna Charta, and finally to our own Declaration of Independence. Historic Girls If a limited dependence is intended, I would be much obliged to any one who will show me the Britannico- American Magna Charta, wherein the terms of our limited dependence are precisely stated. The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3 We cannot believe that to boast in one and the same speech about a "Magna Charta of the Indians" and dismiss the native appeal against a vital wrong is true Imperialism. Native Life in South Africa The first article of our Magna Charta is free, full, and everlasting forgiveness of all the wrongs, injuries, and offences we have ever done against God, against our Saviour, against our neighbour, and against ourselves. Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) It was lofty and half-timbered, with Tudor leaded casements, an oriel, a somewhat musicianless musicians'-gallery, and tapestries believed to illustrate the granting of Magna Charta. Babbitt I formulated that at last to myself, and repeated it over as a sort of private Magna Charta of my liberty. The First Men in the Moon All that has since been obtained, whether on the battle-field or on the floor of Parliament, has been little more than a confirmation of Magna Charta or an authoritative comment upon Magna Charta. Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) In his heroic efforts to defend South Africa's giant wrong, Mr. Harcourt gave away his case when he referred approvingly to what he calls "the Magna Charta of the Indians in South Africa". Native Life in South Africa Magna Charta is a name very dear to the hearts of the English people. Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) And if every subsequent law were to be blotted out, yet in Magna Charta the foundations would still remain of a great state and a free people. Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) |
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