History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... seek safety at the same source ? can we still believe and hope in representative government and monarchy ? I have not escaped , any more than other persons , from the anxiety occasioned by this doubt . Nevertheless , in propor- PREFACE ...
... seek safety at the same source ? can we still believe and hope in representative government and monarchy ? I have not escaped , any more than other persons , from the anxiety occasioned by this doubt . Nevertheless , in propor- PREFACE ...
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... seek further knowledge . Now , such has been the force of circumstances and passions among us , that they have disturbed even eru- dition itself . It has become a party weapon , an instrument of attack or defence ; and facts themselves ...
... seek further knowledge . Now , such has been the force of circumstances and passions among us , that they have disturbed even eru- dition itself . It has become a party weapon , an instrument of attack or defence ; and facts themselves ...
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... seeking it everywhere , and render- ing it homage wherever we meet it , if we would have its sanction to our thoughts , and its aid to our utterance . In this spirit , gentlemen , we shall attempt to consider the ancient political ...
... seeking it everywhere , and render- ing it homage wherever we meet it , if we would have its sanction to our thoughts , and its aid to our utterance . In this spirit , gentlemen , we shall attempt to consider the ancient political ...
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... and truly to appreciate them . We shall then make this form of govern- ment the principal object of our consideration . We shall seek it wherever it has been thought to be discernible , FOUR EPOCHS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY . 13 wherever it has.
... and truly to appreciate them . We shall then make this form of govern- ment the principal object of our consideration . We shall seek it wherever it has been thought to be discernible , FOUR EPOCHS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY . 13 wherever it has.
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... seek to learn what societies were then aroused , and by what means they have sought for trustworthy institutions , which might guarantee the con- tinuance at once of order and of liberty . And when we have seen their hopes deceived by ...
... seek to learn what societies were then aroused , and by what means they have sought for trustworthy institutions , which might guarantee the con- tinuance at once of order and of liberty . And when we have seen their hopes deceived by ...
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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.