History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... Continual violation of Charters.- Civil war . Renewal of Charters ( 1264 ) .- New confiimation of Charters ( 1267 ) .- Death of Henry III . ( November 16 , 1272 ) . 319 CONTENTS . xvii LECTURE IX . - Conclusion of the.
... Continual violation of Charters.- Civil war . Renewal of Charters ( 1264 ) .- New confiimation of Charters ( 1267 ) .- Death of Henry III . ( November 16 , 1272 ) . 319 CONTENTS . xvii LECTURE IX . - Conclusion of the.
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... continually vary , we may speak of the past as changing with the 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 ...
... continually vary , we may speak of the past as changing with the 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 ...
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... continually interrupted and diversified . All theories , all practices , are displayed in union or in rivalry before our eyes . Facts of all kinds have appeared to us under a mul- 10 VALUE OF REVOLUTIONS . titude of aspects . Human.
... continually interrupted and diversified . All theories , all practices , are displayed in union or in rivalry before our eyes . Facts of all kinds have appeared to us under a mul- 10 VALUE OF REVOLUTIONS . titude of aspects . Human.
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... continually changing his point of view , has been the witness of a spectacle which changed as often as he . Such times , gentle- men , offer but little tranquillity , and prepare tremendous difficulties for those which shall follow them ...
... continually changing his point of view , has been the witness of a spectacle which changed as often as he . Such times , gentle- men , offer but little tranquillity , and prepare tremendous difficulties for those which shall follow them ...
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... continually to the same prin- ciples , starts from the same necessities , and tends to the same results , manifests or proclaims its presence throughout the whole of Europe . Almost everywhere the representa- tive form of government is ...
... continually to the same prin- ciples , starts from the same necessities , and tends to the same results , manifests or proclaims its presence throughout the whole of Europe . Almost everywhere the representa- tive form of government is ...
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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.