History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... necessary principles of all representative government are precisely those which , in our days , are ignored and outraged . I venture to believe that they will be found faithfully expounded in these lectures ; and that on this account ...
... necessary principles of all representative government are precisely those which , in our days , are ignored and outraged . I venture to believe that they will be found faithfully expounded in these lectures ; and that on this account ...
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... Necessary correlation and simultaneous formation of society and government . - Rousseau's mistaken hypothesis of the social contract . - The nature of rightful sovereignty . - Con- fused and contradictory ideas entertained on this ...
... Necessary correlation and simultaneous formation of society and government . - Rousseau's mistaken hypothesis of the social contract . - The nature of rightful sovereignty . - Con- fused and contradictory ideas entertained on this ...
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... necessary to the formation of modern society and of powerful states : LECTURE XVI . . 124 Of the state of persons , from the fifth to the tenth century . - Im- possibility of determining this , according to any fixed and general ...
... necessary to the formation of modern society and of powerful states : LECTURE XVI . . 124 Of the state of persons , from the fifth to the tenth century . - Im- possibility of determining this , according to any fixed and general ...
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... necessary , the authority of the past is the one obstacle which opposes itself to all tendency to inno- vation . The present time seems devoted to errors and abuses , and the wisdom of centuries is appealed to by one party in order to ...
... necessary , the authority of the past is the one obstacle which opposes itself to all tendency to inno- vation . The present time seems devoted to errors and abuses , and the wisdom of centuries is appealed to by one party in order to ...
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... necessary for me , gentlemen , to exhibit before you , in a few words , the chief phases of the political condition of Europe , and the series of the principal systems of institutions through which it has passed . This anticipatory ...
... necessary for me , gentlemen , to exhibit before you , in a few words , the chief phases of the political condition of Europe , and the series of the principal systems of institutions through which it has passed . This anticipatory ...
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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.