Utopia: Containing An Impartial History of the Manners, Customs, Polity, Government, &c. of That Island
The book Utopia: Containing An Impartial History of the Manners, Customs, Polity, Government, &c. of That Island was written by author More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535 Here you can read free online of Utopia: Containing An Impartial History of the Manners, Customs, Polity, Government, &c. of That Island book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Utopia: Containing An Impartial History of the Manners, Customs, Polity, Government, &c. of That Island a good or bad book?
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Burners hift. of the Reformation. Burnet's life of More. Sal- mon's review of ftate trials. Rapin, Hunie> Herbert. Johnfjn's hift. of th: Engliih l3jigu;i-e, prefixed to hi: di^^ionory. Ballard's nnem. of learned ladics- but f xlix ] but the right and title of the chancellor to be keeper of the king's confcience, as he ftill continues in virtue of his office, clearly takes its fource in that union, and would confirm the credibility of thefe fadis, even without further hiftorical inveftigation. ...But on fo interefting a fubjedl, we ought not to fatisfy ourfelves, without confulting the moft indifputable autho- irities. Sir William Blackftone obferves, from Sir Edward Coke's Inftitutes,* that the Lord Chancellor is fo named a canceUendsy from cancelling the king's letters pa- tent when granted contrary to law, which is the higheft point of his jurifdi61ion. But diftrufting it fhould feem, the etymon he had juft adduced, he proceeds to in- form us, that both " the office and name of Chancel- lor, however derived, was certainly known to t^; courts of the Roman Emperors ; where it feems originally to have fignified a chief fcribe or fecretary, who was after- wards inverted with feveral judicial powers, and a general fuperintendence over the other officers of the prince.
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