History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... human vanity , we must number those of misfortune ; whether as peoples or as individuals , in public or in private life , we delight to per- suade ourselves that our trials are unprecedented , and that we have to endure evils and to ...
... human vanity , we must number those of misfortune ; whether as peoples or as individuals , in public or in private life , we delight to per- suade ourselves that our trials are unprecedented , and that we have to endure evils and to ...
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... human affairs , that , so far from exhibiting superannuation and decay with the progress of time , they seem to gain new youth , and to gird themselves afresh at frequent intervals , in order to appear under aspects hitherto unknown ...
... human affairs , that , so far from exhibiting superannuation and decay with the progress of time , they seem to gain new youth , and to gird themselves afresh at frequent intervals , in order to appear under aspects hitherto unknown ...
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... human mind , never appears so startlingly distinct as upon the occurrence of those extraordinary crises , which , so to speak , entirely delocalize man , and transport him to a different sphere . Such revolutions , it is true , do not ...
... human mind , never appears so startlingly distinct as upon the occurrence of those extraordinary crises , which , so to speak , entirely delocalize man , and transport him to a different sphere . Such revolutions , it is true , do not ...
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... humanity are not all of the same nature ; although they , sooner or later , influence the whole mass of society , they act upon it and approach it , in some respects , from different sides . Sometimes it is by religious ideas ...
... humanity are not all of the same nature ; although they , sooner or later , influence the whole mass of society , they act upon it and approach it , in some respects , from different sides . Sometimes it is by religious ideas ...
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... humanity ; and the chains which have not sufficed to confine it , are still less able to resume the grasp which they have lost . But the efforts of a retrograde system have often per- verted the study of ancient times . The Emperor ...
... humanity ; and the chains which have not sufficed to confine it , are still less able to resume the grasp which they have lost . But the efforts of a retrograde system have often per- verted the study of ancient times . The Emperor ...
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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.