THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND; OR, AN ACCOUNT OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT; IN WHICH IT IS COMPARED BOTH WITH THE REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE OTHER MONARCHIES IN EUROPE BY JOHN LOUIS DE LOLME, L.L.D., ADVOCATE, CITIZEN OF GENEVA. A New Edition, Dedicated to the King, WITH PREFACE, SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES, AND INDEX, BY WILLIAM HUGHES HUGHES, Esq. M.P. F.S.A. F.L.S. OF Ponderibus librata suis- OVID. Met. Lib. i. v. 13. LONDON: J. HATCHARD AND SON, 187, PICCADILLY; H. SLATTER; I. VINCENT; OXFORD. 1834. TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. SIRE, a I am emboldened to inscribe to your Majesty new and extended edition of the most approved Treatise which has yet appeared on the Constitution of England, by the circumstance, that its Author, most appropriately, dedicated to your Majesty's illustrious Father the Edition of his work which had received his last corrections in the year 1784. That the mild and paternal sway of your Majesty may be long and prosperously continued over a loyal and grateful people,-is the sincere and ardent prayer of, Sire, FOUR MAJESTY'S Most humble and devoted Subject, W. HUGHES HUGHES. Ryde, Isle of Wight, Jan. 1, 1834. |