History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... rule . We , gentlemen , who have seen so many and diversified forms of oppression , -we have seen them all fall into decay . Neither their most furious violence , nor their most imposing lustre , have sufficed to preserve them from the ...
... rule . We , gentlemen , who have seen so many and diversified forms of oppression , -we have seen them all fall into decay . Neither their most furious violence , nor their most imposing lustre , have sufficed to preserve them from the ...
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... rules were frequently infringed upon : and Alfred , who was the restorer of the ancient institutions of the country , hanged an alderman who had given judgment without the co - operation of his assessors . The presidents of these ...
... rules were frequently infringed upon : and Alfred , who was the restorer of the ancient institutions of the country , hanged an alderman who had given judgment without the co - operation of his assessors . The presidents of these ...
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... rule of which every man has the germ within his own breast . If man only yields to a superior force , he does not ... rule , and exerting them- selves to create one ; as if society did not itself presuppose the existence of a rule to ...
... rule of which every man has the germ within his own breast . If man only yields to a superior force , he does not ... rule , and exerting them- selves to create one ; as if society did not itself presuppose the existence of a rule to ...
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... rule which is applicable to them , - a rule which constitutes the right of the government itself ; a rule which the individuals who submit to it have not them- selves created , and to which they are morally bound to submit . No ...
... rule which is applicable to them , - a rule which constitutes the right of the government itself ; a rule which the individuals who submit to it have not them- selves created , and to which they are morally bound to submit . No ...
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... rule independent of human will , -a consciousness often obscure but always powerful , -which , sooner or later , rouses and assists men to resist all tyranny , whatever may be its name and form . The voice of humanity , then , has ...
... rule independent of human will , -a consciousness often obscure but always powerful , -which , sooner or later , rouses and assists men to resist all tyranny , whatever may be its name and form . The voice of humanity , then , has ...
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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.