History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... received development and elucidation- when I beheld society pausing , by an effort of its own , on the verge of that abyss to which it had been brought by its own weakness - I felt the revival in my soul of that faith and hope which ...
... received development and elucidation- when I beheld society pausing , by an effort of its own , on the verge of that abyss to which it had been brought by its own weakness - I felt the revival in my soul of that faith and hope which ...
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... to the sovereignty of the West , which he had received from his father in the preceding year ; while his elder brother Arcadius obtained possession of the East . ABANDONMENT OF ITS COLONIES . 25 gradually abandoned her provinces.
... to the sovereignty of the West , which he had received from his father in the preceding year ; while his elder brother Arcadius obtained possession of the East . ABANDONMENT OF ITS COLONIES . 25 gradually abandoned her provinces.
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... received three or four thousand * In B.C. 113-101 . Marius finally defeated the Teutones at Aix , in the year 102 ; and the Cimbri , near Vercelli , in the year 101 . FOUNDATION OF BARBARIAN KINGDOMS . 27 Franks into Auvergne .
... received three or four thousand * In B.C. 113-101 . Marius finally defeated the Teutones at Aix , in the year 102 ; and the Cimbri , near Vercelli , in the year 101 . FOUNDATION OF BARBARIAN KINGDOMS . 27 Franks into Auvergne .
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... received the partial assent of the emperors . In 409 , the Vandals , Alans , and Suevi , after having ravaged Gaul , and crossed the Pyrenees , founded by armed force , in Spain , three monarchies , which were speedily incor- porated ...
... received the partial assent of the emperors . In 409 , the Vandals , Alans , and Suevi , after having ravaged Gaul , and crossed the Pyrenees , founded by armed force , in Spain , three monarchies , which were speedily incor- porated ...
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... received their civic rulers from Constantinople . The empe- rors , though daily despoiled of some new territory , never- theless retained , in almost every quarter , an appearance of empire . Thus we find them conferring on the Frankish ...
... received their civic rulers from Constantinople . The empe- rors , though daily despoiled of some new territory , never- theless retained , in almost every quarter , an appearance of empire . Thus we find them conferring on the Frankish ...
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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.