History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... authority and jurisdiction of the great landowners in their estates . - Of the authority and jurisdiction of the dukes , counts , and other royal officers - LECTURE XIX . Government of Charlemagne . - Apparent revival of free institu ...
... authority and jurisdiction of the great landowners in their estates . - Of the authority and jurisdiction of the dukes , counts , and other royal officers - LECTURE XIX . Government of Charlemagne . - Apparent revival of free institu ...
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... the wars of the Roses , and under the Tudor dynasty . - Causes of this decadence and of the pro- gress of royal authority , from Henry VII . to Elizabeth.- Conclusion 509 HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN EUROPE .
... the wars of the Roses , and under the Tudor dynasty . - Causes of this decadence and of the pro- gress of royal authority , from Henry VII . to Elizabeth.- Conclusion 509 HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN EUROPE .
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... authority of the past is the one obstacle which opposes itself to all tendency to inno- vation . The present time seems devoted to errors and abuses , and the wisdom of centuries is appealed to by one party in order to resist the future ...
... authority of the past is the one obstacle which opposes itself to all tendency to inno- vation . The present time seems devoted to errors and abuses , and the wisdom of centuries is appealed to by one party in order to resist the future ...
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... authority of antiquity , that they only are capable of appealing to precedent and experience . Truth , jus tice , and rectitude , are also graced by venerable titles ; and at no period has man allowed them to be proscribed . Take in ...
... authority of antiquity , that they only are capable of appealing to precedent and experience . Truth , jus tice , and rectitude , are also graced by venerable titles ; and at no period has man allowed them to be proscribed . Take in ...
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... authority and liberty mutually regarding one another with that conside- ration and respect which can alone unite them in lasting connexion and guarantee their continued harmony . Let us congratulate ourselves , gentlemen , that we are ...
... authority and liberty mutually regarding one another with that conside- ration and respect which can alone unite them in lasting connexion and guarantee their continued harmony . Let us congratulate ourselves , gentlemen , that we are ...
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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.