 | Hervey Redmond Morres Mountmorres of Castlemorres (Viscount), Sir Robert Southwell - 1792 - 464 pages
...commonwealth of this realm. Wherefore the lords, being lawfully fummoned, and yet refufing to come, fit, or confent in parliament, cannot by their folly abridge...who fpeaketh, but the matter that is ;fpoken. They They be alfo called peers, as it were SECT, fathers ; for pere is a father : by which is meant, that... | |
 | 1807 - 552 pages
...like and equal authority, every person of either of the said houses being named and counted a p»;er of the realm, (for the time of the parliament) that is to say, equal; for par is equal. And therefore the opinion, censure, and judgment of a mean burgess, w... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...yet, nevertheless, they are of like and equal authority, every person of either of the said houses being named and counted a Peer of the realm (for the time of the Parliament) that is to say, equal — for far is equal. And therefore, the opinion, censure, and judgment of a mean burgess,... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...yet, nevertheless, they are of like and equal authority, every person of either of the said houses being named and counted a Peer of the realm (for the time of the Parliament) that is to say, equal — for par is equal. And therefore, the opinion, censure, and judgment of a mean burgess,... | |
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... commons of their lawful proceedings in parliament. The lords and commons, in time paft, did fit all in one houfe ; but, for the avoiding of confufion, they be now divided into two feveral houfes ; and yet, neverthelefs, they are of like and equal... 