History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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François Guizot. viii PREFACE . If I should apply , at the present day , to these historical studies of 1820 , all the lessons ... present day , my work will not be devoid either of utility or of interest . GUIZOT . CONTENTS . PART I ...
François Guizot. viii PREFACE . If I should apply , at the present day , to these historical studies of 1820 , all the lessons ... present day , my work will not be devoid either of utility or of interest . GUIZOT . CONTENTS . PART I ...
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François Guizot. viii PREFACE . If I should apply , at the present day , to these historical studies of 1820 , all the ... present day , my work will not devoid either of utility or of interest . GUT CONTENTS PART L ATIVE INSTITUTIONS IN ...
François Guizot. viii PREFACE . If I should apply , at the present day , to these historical studies of 1820 , all the ... present day , my work will not devoid either of utility or of interest . GUT CONTENTS PART L ATIVE INSTITUTIONS IN ...
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... present age . - Divisions of the history of the political institutions of Europe into four great epochs . - Representative government was the general and natural aim of these institutions . - Object of the course ; inquiry into the ...
... present age . - Divisions of the history of the political institutions of Europe into four great epochs . - Representative government was the general and natural aim of these institutions . - Object of the course ; inquiry into the ...
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... present ; unperceived facts reveal themselves in ancient facts ; other ideas , other feel- ings , are called up by the same names and the same narra- tives ; and man thus learns that in the infinitude of space opened to his knowledge ...
... present ; unperceived facts reveal themselves in ancient facts ; other ideas , other feel- ings , are called up by the same names and the same narra- tives ; and man thus learns that in the infinitude of space opened to his knowledge ...
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... present . Let us imagine , if we can , the light in which the traditions and religious recollections of Paganism must have appeared to the Christians of the first centuries , and then we shall understand the new aspects under which old ...
... present . Let us imagine , if we can , the light in which the traditions and religious recollections of Paganism must have appeared to the Christians of the first centuries , and then we shall understand the new aspects under which old ...
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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.