History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... exercise is regulated and its permanence guaranteed . Individuals were free , - a free society , however , was not constituted . I will say further , that a society was not then existent . It was only after the conquest , and in ...
... exercise is regulated and its permanence guaranteed . Individuals were free , - a free society , however , was not constituted . I will say further , that a society was not then existent . It was only after the conquest , and in ...
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... every feudal proprietor capable of exercising and defending it ; from whence resulted * On this see Guizot's History of Civilization in France . Lectures vii and viii . PROGRESS OF MONARCHICAL POWER . 15 the feebleness of the.
... every feudal proprietor capable of exercising and defending it ; from whence resulted * On this see Guizot's History of Civilization in France . Lectures vii and viii . PROGRESS OF MONARCHICAL POWER . 15 the feebleness of the.
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... exercise a powerful influence on political order , and some remnants of those assemblies which , in epochs anterior to the present , appeared under a more general form , but which now con- fine themselves to certain provinces , and are ...
... exercise a powerful influence on political order , and some remnants of those assemblies which , in epochs anterior to the present , appeared under a more general form , but which now con- fine themselves to certain provinces , and are ...
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... requires from the man who would enjoy it a sterner exercise of his powers . We know that it allows neither indolence of soul nor fickeness of mind , and that 20 NECESSITY OF HARD STUDY . those generations which devote © 2.
... requires from the man who would enjoy it a sterner exercise of his powers . We know that it allows neither indolence of soul nor fickeness of mind , and that 20 NECESSITY OF HARD STUDY . those generations which devote © 2.
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... exercise the same right , placed inequalities in that position which was most favourable to the development of their power and egotism . It is the work of a widely different principle to seek out among the masses the persons best fitted ...
... exercise the same right , placed inequalities in that position which was most favourable to the development of their power and egotism . It is the work of a widely different principle to seek out among the masses the persons best fitted ...
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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.