History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... its infancy , is not an error of which we have been the first to give an example . In one of those ephemeral parlia- ments which attempted to maintain its existence under the UNDUE VENERATION OF ANTIQUITY . 2 yoke of Cromwell ,
... its infancy , is not an error of which we have been the first to give an example . In one of those ephemeral parlia- ments which attempted to maintain its existence under the UNDUE VENERATION OF ANTIQUITY . 2 yoke of Cromwell ,
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... give it an ascertained and definite existence in the past . Thus , France , after having spent more than five cen- turies in its struggles to escape from the feudal system , has all at once discovered that it was wrong in liberating ...
... give it an ascertained and definite existence in the past . Thus , France , after having spent more than five cen- turies in its struggles to escape from the feudal system , has all at once discovered that it was wrong in liberating ...
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... give to minds capable of sustaining their pressure , an independent disposition , and an extended survey , which do not belong to more serene and fortunate periods . The large number , and the unsettled character of the facts which ...
... give to minds capable of sustaining their pressure , an independent disposition , and an extended survey , which do not belong to more serene and fortunate periods . The large number , and the unsettled character of the facts which ...
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... give to our study of them the highest interest , but will enable us rightly to enter into the facts themselves , and truly to appreciate them . We shall then make this form of govern- ment the principal object of our consideration . We ...
... give to our study of them the highest interest , but will enable us rightly to enter into the facts themselves , and truly to appreciate them . We shall then make this form of govern- ment the principal object of our consideration . We ...
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... gives you this advice . Thrasea , when dying , said to his son - in - law , Helvidius Priscus , " Observe , young man : thou art living in times when it is well that the spirit should become fortified by such a scene as this ; and learn ...
... gives you this advice . Thrasea , when dying , said to his son - in - law , Helvidius Priscus , " Observe , young man : thou art living in times when it is well that the spirit should become fortified by such a scene as this ; and learn ...
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Page 366 - I. Edward, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Guyan, to all those that these present letters shall hear or see, greeting. Know ye that we to the honour of God and of holy Church, and to the profit of our realm, have granted for us and our heirs, that the Charter of Liberties and the Charter of the Forest, which were made by common assent of all the realm, in the time of King Henry our father, shall be kept in every point without breach.