...Constitutional freedom has been the favorite idea of English and American statesmen ; but De Foe's treatise on the " Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England " was one of the first and most daring popular expositions of a doctrine that lies at the foundation...

...Constitutional freedom has been the favorite idea of English and American statesmen ; but De Foe's treatise on the " Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England " was one of the first and most daring popular expositions of a doctrine that lies at the foundation...

...Constitutional freedom has been the favorite idea of English and American statesmen ; but De Foe's treatise on the " Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England " was one of the first and most daring popular expositions of a doctrine that lies at the foundation...

...the late Dr. Samvel Annesley, by Way of Elegy. 1697, folio. The Spanish Descent, a Poem. 1702,4to. H The original Power of the collective Body of the People of England, examined and asserted. 1701, folio. This is not mentioned in the table of contents prefixed to the volume. Reprinted...

...Samvel Annesley (1697, No. 5.); pp. 119 — 132 The Spanish Descent (1702, No. 25.); pp. 133—166 The Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England, Examined and Asserted (1701, No. 19. not mentioned in The Table); pp. 166—183 The Free-holders Plea against Stoch-Jobbing...

...whole, most successful of England's patriots. The following passages, which we select from his treatise, entitled ' The Original Power of the Collective body of the People of England examined and asserted,' will give the reader a pretty clear idea of De Foe's political sentiments: — " 1. Solus...

...respect to I Monarchy. II. What Measures the English ought to take. pp. 28. Lond. 1700. 4to. w» — The Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England examined and asserted. Bj Pis>' Defoe. To which are added, by the same Author, some distinguishing Characters of...

...Samuel Annesley (1697, No. 5.); pp. 119 — 132 The Spanish Descent (1702, No. 25.) ; pp. 133—166 The Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England, Examined and Asserted (1701, No. 19. not mentioned in The Table); pp. 166—183 The Free-holders Plea against Stock-Jobbing...

...stated, the rights of the people, he published, on the 2/th of December, 1701, his celebrated pamphlet, " The Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England, Examined and Asserted. "With a double Dedication to the King, and to the Parliament. London. Printed in the year...

...that our author, who was transported by an equal attachment to the country and the court, published The Original Power of the Collective Body of the People of England Examined and Asserted. This timeful treatise he dedicated to King William, in a dignified strain of nervous eloquence....