History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... remained standing , and events justified the obstinacy of our hopes . But now the storm has struck every institution , and still threatens to destroy all that survive . Not merely kings and laws , but the very root of government , of ...
... remained standing , and events justified the obstinacy of our hopes . But now the storm has struck every institution , and still threatens to destroy all that survive . Not merely kings and laws , but the very root of government , of ...
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... remained . It is not easy to return at once to liberty and to political life ; and these people , cast upon their own resources , were unable to defend themselves . Great Britain , though more populous than the north of Scotland , was ...
... remained . It is not easy to return at once to liberty and to political life ; and these people , cast upon their own resources , were unable to defend themselves . Great Britain , though more populous than the north of Scotland , was ...
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... remained municipalities , and continued to appoint their own magistrates . Several towns in Spain , while the country was under the dominion of the Visigoths , received their civic rulers from Constantinople . The empe- rors , though ...
... remained municipalities , and continued to appoint their own magistrates . Several towns in Spain , while the country was under the dominion of the Visigoths , received their civic rulers from Constantinople . The empe- rors , though ...
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... remained in bondage , everlastingly condemned to the same social nonentity . In Modern Europe , social conditions have been in a state of perpetual fluctuation ; numerous masses of men have fallen into slavery , while others have ...
... remained in bondage , everlastingly condemned to the same social nonentity . In Modern Europe , social conditions have been in a state of perpetual fluctuation ; numerous masses of men have fallen into slavery , while others have ...
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... remained the undisputed masters of the field . The disproportion between the two classes was so great , that a contest was impossible . As each man sat in his own name , each man brought his own personal influence and private interests ...
... remained the undisputed masters of the field . The disproportion between the two classes was so great , that a contest was impossible . As each man sat in his own name , each man brought his own personal influence and private interests ...
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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.