Excerpt from An Historical Essay on the Legislative Power of England: Wherein the Origin of Both Houses of Parliament, Their Antient Constitution, and the Changes That Have Happen'd in the Persons That Compos'd Them, With the Occasions Thereof, Are Related in a Chronological Order Ther curious than beneficial; for, a Narrative of the little Skirmifhes of our Forefathers with one ano ther, or their Neighbours, yields neither Diverfion, nor Infiruetion to the Reader and however the more pompous Relations of real: Battles, and the Conquef'cs 0 F0 reign Countries, may divert or a mule, yet they can ferve for Di reetions or Exam les to few, very few Perfons; an I fear miflead a much greater Number with fall-e. Notions of Grandeur and Honour: Whereas the other is really necefi fary to all who defire to know (as all ought) what is right and what is wrong in publiclc Affairs. The Dif ficulties that obl'rruet the obtain ing this Knowledge by Reafoning only, and the Inca acity Of the many to difcern the (yonnexion beq twixt felflevident Truths, and the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.