History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... society and government . - Rousseau's mistaken hypothesis of the social contract . - The nature of rightful sovereignty . - Con- fused and contradictory ideas entertained on this subject.- Societies , as individuals , possess the right ...
... society and government . - Rousseau's mistaken hypothesis of the social contract . - The nature of rightful sovereignty . - Con- fused and contradictory ideas entertained on this subject.- Societies , as individuals , possess the right ...
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... society long before they emerge to the light of day . But the moment arrives beyond which their full accomplishment cannot be delayed , and they then take possession of all that exists in society , transform it , and place everything in ...
... society long before they emerge to the light of day . But the moment arrives beyond which their full accomplishment cannot be delayed , and they then take possession of all that exists in society , transform it , and place everything in ...
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... society dignified and secure , were a discovery of to - day , made by the generation which has last appeared . In thus renouncing its ancestors , this generation forgets that it will soon join them in the tomb , and that in its turn it ...
... society dignified and secure , were a discovery of to - day , made by the generation which has last appeared . In thus renouncing its ancestors , this generation forgets that it will soon join them in the tomb , and that in its turn it ...
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... society , arrange them in systematic order , and then traverse the history of our country ; -you will find them constantly asserted and defended , all epochs will afford you innumerable proofs of struggles endured , of victories won ...
... society , arrange them in systematic order , and then traverse the history of our country ; -you will find them constantly asserted and defended , all epochs will afford you innumerable proofs of struggles endured , of victories won ...
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... society is interested . It is one of the collateral circumstances of the grand struggle which has never ceased to agitate the world . The interests and ideas which have successively taken possession of society have always wished to ...
... society is interested . It is one of the collateral circumstances of the grand struggle which has never ceased to agitate the world . The interests and ideas which have successively taken possession of society have always wished to ...
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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.