History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... facts about which history concerns itself neither gain nor lose anything by being handed down from age to age ; what- ever we have seen in these facts , and whatever we can see , B 2 VIEWS OF HISTORY . has been contained in them.
... facts about which history concerns itself neither gain nor lose anything by being handed down from age to age ; what- ever we have seen in these facts , and whatever we can see , B 2 VIEWS OF HISTORY . has been contained in them.
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... facts of history , and the state of mind which he brings to the survey , 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 ...
... facts of history , and the state of mind which he brings to the survey , 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 ...
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... facts have been fairly examined , not only have the effect of vitiating the rectitude of judgment , but they moreover introduce a deplorable frivo- lity into researches which we may call material . As soon as the prejudiced mind has ...
... facts have been fairly examined , not only have the effect of vitiating the rectitude of judgment , but they moreover introduce a deplorable frivo- lity into researches which we may call material . As soon as the prejudiced mind has ...
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... facts might be expected sometimes to press inconveniently against the conclusions sought . But what will not a preoccupied mind overcome ? Plato and Harrington , giving to their thoughts the widest range , had constructed their ideal of ...
... facts might be expected sometimes to press inconveniently against the conclusions sought . But what will not a preoccupied mind overcome ? Plato and Harrington , giving to their thoughts the widest range , had constructed their ideal of ...
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... facts themselves - nothing can be less doubtful . Unity and consecutiveness are not lacking in the moral world , as ... fact is , assuredly , neither an accident , nor the symptom of a transient madness . It has certainly its roots in ...
... facts themselves - nothing can be less doubtful . Unity and consecutiveness are not lacking in the moral world , as ... fact is , assuredly , neither an accident , nor the symptom of a transient madness . It has certainly its roots in ...
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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.