The whole English law, substantive and adjective, was, in the judgment of all the greatest lawyers, of Holt and Treby, of Maynard and Somers, exactly the same after the Revolution as before it.

Some controverted points had been decided according to the sense of the best jurists; and there had been a slight deviation from the ordinary course of succession.

This was all; and this was enough.
As our Revolution was a vindication of ancient rights, so it was conducted with strict attention to ancient formalities.

In almost every word and act may be discerned a profound reverence for the past.

The Estates of the Realm deliberated in the old halls and according to the old rules.