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" Solomon's throne was supported by lions on both sides: let them be lions, but yet lions under the throne : being circumspect, that they do not check or oppose any points of sovereignty. "
History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Disgrace of Chief ... - Page 259
by Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1863
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A Hand-book of English Literature: Intended for the Use of High Schools, as ...

Francis Henry Underwood - 1888 - 658 pages
...throne was supported by lions on both sides : * let them be lions, but yet lions under the threw ; being circumspect, that they do not check or oppose any points of. sovereignty. Let not judges also be so ignorant of their own right as to think there is not left them, as a principal...
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Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution

Albert Venn Dicey - 1889 - 466 pages
...controlled by any Court. The celebrated dictum that the judges, though they be " lions," yet should be " lions under " the throne, being circumspect that they...not " check or oppose any points of sovereignty," 1 is a curious anticipation of the maxim formulated by French revolutionary statesmanship that the...
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Bacon's Essays, Volume 2

Francis Bacon - 1889 - 298 pages
...that Salomons throne was supported by lions on both sides ; let them be lions, but yet lions imder the throne, being circumspect that they do not check or oppose any points of sovereignty.1 James himself is reminded of his participation in the celestial nature : If you are heavenly,...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon - 1890 - 456 pages
...Let judges also remember that Salomon's throne was supported by lions on both sides : let them be 30 lions, but yet lions under the throne; being circumspect...do not check or oppose any points of sovereignty. * may trench lo point of estate] le The words which follow define exactly may go near to touch some...
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The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: The after-growth of the ...

Hannis Taylor - 1898 - 714 pages
...essays, had instructed both with the aid in the belief that the judges should "be lions, but yet lions ju under the throne, being circumspect that they do not check or oppose any points of sovereignty," and so faithfully did Charles adhere throughout to that theory that Grimston was able to say in the...
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Political Science Quarterly, Volume 5

1890 - 868 pages
...was supported with lions on both sides. Let them [the judges] be lions, but lions under the throne, circumspect that they do not check or oppose any points of sovereignty." 3 The English people worked out their freedom through this subordinate judiciary. And while there were...
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Essays: And Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1891 - 466 pages
...other. Let judges also remember, that Solomon's throne was supported by lions 3 on both sides; let them be lions, but yet lions under the throne, being circumspect...do not check or oppose any points of sovereignty. Let not judges also be so ignorant of their own right, as to think there is not left to them, as a...
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Select Statutes and Other Constitutional Documents Illustrative of the ...

George Walter Prothero - 1894 - 624 pages
.... Let judges also remember, that, Solomon's throne was supported by lions on both sides ; let them be lions, but yet lions under the throne, being circumspect,...do not check or oppose any points of sovereignty. Eteiiyg; ' Of Judicature.'' tim s 4. SIB WALTER RALEIGH. The Prerogative. All binding of a King by...
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The Laws and Jurisprudence of England and America: Being a Series of ...

John Forrest Dillon - 1894 - 460 pages
...recall Bacon's well-known remark in his Essays, that judges though they be " lions " yet should be " lions under the throne, " being circumspect that they...not check or " oppose any points of sovereignty." This was a covert plea for the prerogative, which Coke fought, which Parliament resisted, and which...
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Cases on Constitutional Law: With Notes, Part 1

James Bradley Thayer - 1894 - 470 pages
...controlled by any court. The celebrated dictum that the judges, though they be " lions," yet should be " lions under the throne, being circumspect that they...do not check or oppose any points of sovereignty," is a curious anticipation of the maxim formulated by French revolutionary statesmanship, that the judges...
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