History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... soon as the prejudiced mind has collected a few documents and proofs in support of its cherished notion , it is contented , and concludes its inquiry . On the one hand , it beholds in facts that which is not really contained in them ...
... soon as the prejudiced mind has collected a few documents and proofs in support of its cherished notion , it is contented , and concludes its inquiry . On the one hand , it beholds in facts that which is not really contained in them ...
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... soon join them in the tomb , and that in its turn it will leave its inheritance to its children . This pride , gentlemen , is not less contrary to the truth of things than fatal to the society which entertains it . Provi- dence does not ...
... soon join them in the tomb , and that in its turn it will leave its inheritance to its children . This pride , gentlemen , is not less contrary to the truth of things than fatal to the society which entertains it . Provi- dence does not ...
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... soon England , regaining , with new liberties , respect for all its recollections of the past , entered upon that career of development and pros- perity which it has continued up to our times . Side by side with this infatuation which ...
... soon England , regaining , with new liberties , respect for all its recollections of the past , entered upon that career of development and pros- perity which it has continued up to our times . Side by side with this infatuation which ...
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... soon become prejudices ; -we have been cast not only into new tracks , but these are continually interrupted and diversified . All theories , all practices , are displayed in union or in rivalry before our eyes . Facts of all kinds have ...
... soon become prejudices ; -we have been cast not only into new tracks , but these are continually interrupted and diversified . All theories , all practices , are displayed in union or in rivalry before our eyes . Facts of all kinds have ...
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... soon sovereigns also began almost everywhere to distrust it in their turn . They could not behold with indifference that sovereignty , which after having been long diffused had been regained and concen- trated by their efforts , now ...
... soon sovereigns also began almost everywhere to distrust it in their turn . They could not behold with indifference that sovereignty , which after having been long diffused had been regained and concen- trated by their efforts , now ...
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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.