History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... hand , it beholds in facts that which is not really contained in them ; on the other hand , when it believes that the amount of information it already possesses will suffice , it does not seek further knowledge . Now , such has been the ...
... hand , it beholds in facts that which is not really contained in them ; on the other hand , when it believes that the amount of information it already possesses will suffice , it does not seek further knowledge . Now , such has been the ...
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... hand . Let us then , gentlemen , reassure ourselves with reference to the study of the past . It contains nothing which ought to alarm the friends of all that is good and true . It is into their hands , on the contrary , and in ...
... hand . Let us then , gentlemen , reassure ourselves with reference to the study of the past . It contains nothing which ought to alarm the friends of all that is good and true . It is into their hands , on the contrary , and in ...
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... hand , find their Utopia in their dreams of the past . The work might appear more difficult ; the field open to the imagination may seem less open , and facts might be expected sometimes to press inconveniently against the conclusions ...
... hand , find their Utopia in their dreams of the past . The work might appear more difficult ; the field open to the imagination may seem less open , and facts might be expected sometimes to press inconveniently against the conclusions ...
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... hands down to us recollec- tions of two or three golden ages . There is no necessity for me , gentlemen , to offer any very serious opposition to this fantastic and superstitious adora- tion of the past . It would hardly have merited ...
... hands down to us recollec- tions of two or three golden ages . There is no necessity for me , gentlemen , to offer any very serious opposition to this fantastic and superstitious adora- tion of the past . It would hardly have merited ...
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... hand by the enfranchisement of the townsmen and tenants , on the other hand by the extension of the royal power . Sovereignty tended to concentration , liberty to diffusion ; -national unity began to shape itself at the same time as ...
... hand by the enfranchisement of the townsmen and tenants , on the other hand by the extension of the royal power . Sovereignty tended to concentration , liberty to diffusion ; -national unity began to shape itself at the same time as ...
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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.