History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... common hopes and efforts . We had faith in our insti- tutions . Whether they entailed upon us good or evil fortune , we were equally devoted to them . I was unwilling to cease to serve their cause . I endeavoured to explain the origin ...
... common hopes and efforts . We had faith in our insti- tutions . Whether they entailed upon us good or evil fortune , we were equally devoted to them . I was unwilling to cease to serve their cause . I endeavoured to explain the origin ...
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... common · LECTURE XXIV . - State of the Parliament under Richard II . Struggle between absolute royalty and parliamentary government . - Origin of the Civil List . - Progress of the responsibility of ministers . - Pro- gress of the ...
... common · LECTURE XXIV . - State of the Parliament under Richard II . Struggle between absolute royalty and parliamentary government . - Origin of the Civil List . - Progress of the responsibility of ministers . - Pro- gress of the ...
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... common cause with the enemies of present amelioration , and the weapons employed by these latter confirm this idea in their mind . Gentlemen , the notion is full of falsehood and misapprehension . It is not true that injustice and ...
... common cause with the enemies of present amelioration , and the weapons employed by these latter confirm this idea in their mind . Gentlemen , the notion is full of falsehood and misapprehension . It is not true that injustice and ...
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... have too much regard for those who listen to me , and for the truth after which I , in common with them , am seeking , to suppose that history can in any sense con- STUDY OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS . 11 sent to suppress that.
... have too much regard for those who listen to me , and for the truth after which I , in common with them , am seeking , to suppose that history can in any sense con- STUDY OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS . 11 sent to suppress that.
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... common individuals in the midst of their people ; and have thus become better men and better kings . After the death of Alfred , the Danes , whose conquests . had been suspended only by the victories of that prince , ' gained possession ...
... common individuals in the midst of their people ; and have thus become better men and better kings . After the death of Alfred , the Danes , whose conquests . had been suspended only by the victories of that prince , ' gained possession ...
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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.