History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... Representative Government , occupies a place in this collection . I did not revise the analyses of my lec- tures which were published . They were brief and incomplete , and frequently incorrect and confused . I have been requested to ...
... Representative Government , occupies a place in this collection . I did not revise the analyses of my lec- tures which were published . They were brief and incomplete , and frequently incorrect and confused . I have been requested to ...
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... representative government in our own land . The political ideas and friends with whom I had been asso- ciated were , at that period , removed from the head of affairs . I connected myself with their reverses , without abandoning our ...
... representative government in our own land . The political ideas and friends with whom I had been asso- ciated were , at that period , removed from the head of affairs . I connected myself with their reverses , without abandoning our ...
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... representative government . This system of government has no unique and solely good type , in conformity to which it must necessarily and universally be instituted . Providence , which allots to nations different origins and destinies ...
... representative government . This system of government has no unique and solely good type , in conformity to which it must necessarily and universally be instituted . Providence , which allots to nations different origins and destinies ...
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... Representative government the general and natural aim of these institutions . - Object of the course ; inquiry into the origin of representative government in France , Spain , and England . - State of mind appropriate to this inquiry ...
... Representative government the general and natural aim of these institutions . - Object of the course ; inquiry into the origin of representative government in France , Spain , and England . - State of mind appropriate to this inquiry ...
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