History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... forces of the Crown and of the feudal aristocracy . -Progress of the royal power . - Spirit of association and resist- ance among the great barons . - Commencement of the struggle between these two political forces Page 281 288 295 ...
... forces of the Crown and of the feudal aristocracy . -Progress of the royal power . - Spirit of association and resist- ance among the great barons . - Commencement of the struggle between these two political forces Page 281 288 295 ...
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... force of circumstances and passions among us , that they have disturbed even eru- dition itself . It has become a party weapon , an instrument of attack or defence ; and facts themselves , inflexible and immutable facts , have been by ...
... force of circumstances and passions among us , that they have disturbed even eru- dition itself . It has become a party weapon , an instrument of attack or defence ; and facts themselves , inflexible and immutable facts , have been by ...
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... forces scattered and irregular , the human mind little capable of extensive combinations and foresight . Different systems of institutions , or rather different tenden- cies , appeared and contended with each other . Individuals , for ...
... forces scattered and irregular , the human mind little capable of extensive combinations and foresight . Different systems of institutions , or rather different tenden- cies , appeared and contended with each other . Individuals , for ...
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... force them into the same channel ; ever do they release themselves from our grasp in order to assume elsewhere the place assigned to them by truth . We should therefore be compelled either to limit ourselves to generalities yielding but ...
... force them into the same channel ; ever do they release themselves from our grasp in order to assume elsewhere the place assigned to them by truth . We should therefore be compelled either to limit ourselves to generalities yielding but ...
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... force without justice could only be an ephemeral power . The times to which we shall direct our attention experienced a harder lot ; they more than once beheld despotism root itself deeply in its position , and at the same time saw ...
... force without justice could only be an ephemeral power . The times to which we shall direct our attention experienced a harder lot ; they more than once beheld despotism root itself deeply in its position , and at the same time saw ...
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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.