History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... equally devoted to them . I was unwilling to cease to serve their cause . I endeavoured to explain the origin and principles of representative government , as I had at- tempted to practise it . How shall I speak , at the present day ...
... equally devoted to them . I was unwilling to cease to serve their cause . I endeavoured to explain the origin and principles of representative government , as I had at- tempted to practise it . How shall I speak , at the present day ...
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... equally proceeded . In this opinion , as will be afterwards seen , I do not agree with Montesquieu ; but it is evident , both from ancient facts and from those which we ourselves have witnessed , that the representative form of ...
... equally proceeded . In this opinion , as will be afterwards seen , I do not agree with Montesquieu ; but it is evident , both from ancient facts and from those which we ourselves have witnessed , that the representative form of ...
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François Guizot. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRESENT TIME . 21 condition in which it fears equally any representation of the oppression of peoples , and of their efforts to obtain liberty ; as if it must necessarily meet in these two series ...
François Guizot. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRESENT TIME . 21 condition in which it fears equally any representation of the oppression of peoples , and of their efforts to obtain liberty ; as if it must necessarily meet in these two series ...
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... equally free and independent manner . At a later period , feudalism received a more complete development ; from the hierarchy of persons proceeded that of lands , and the latter soon predominated over the former . But this result was ...
... equally free and independent manner . At a later period , feudalism received a more complete development ; from the hierarchy of persons proceeded that of lands , and the latter soon predominated over the former . But this result was ...
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... equally to all classes of the community . At the origin of Anglo - Saxon society , there existed none but local institutions . In these are contained the most important guarantees for men whose life never goes beyond the boundaries of ...
... equally to all classes of the community . At the origin of Anglo - Saxon society , there existed none but local institutions . In these are contained the most important guarantees for men whose life never goes beyond the boundaries of ...
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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.