Observations on the power of climate over the policy, strength, and manners of nations.
- Date:
- 1774
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Observations on the power of climate over the policy, strength, and manners of nations. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![/ [ 12 ] ments within the gift of the crown upon the younger branches of Englifh families, who, in return, were bound to dedicate t-hemfelves to the fervice of their country. Some indeed fay, that by ftribt ufage of law the king hath been long in poifeffion of thefe powers, that the law hath not prefcribed the mode or the proportion in which he fhould bellow, that he is left at large to the uncontrouled difcretionary exerciie of his bounty, and at liberty to chufe its objects; I acknowledge myfelf an abfolute ftranger to the idea of a difcretionary power any where, in fuch an arbitrary eaflern fenfe; legal difcretion is, difcernere per legem, which acknowledges a rule of direction; this fenfe of the word pervades the whofe fyftem of our jurifprudence, the difcretionary powers of judges and juries, ' and all the branches of prerogative. I iBuil therefore conclude that the law hav¬ ing deftined the offices in that part of this ifland called England for the Engliffi, and as no article of the union hath abrogated that part of our law, or mentioned the »■ ’ Jeaft bifcjualin.cp.tion of an Englishman to Serve](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30790347_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
