History of the Origin of Representative Government in Europe, Volume 20H.G. Bohn, 1861 - 538 pages |
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... exercise , and the real impotence of which they felt ; by neglecting to exer- cise them , they eventually lost them ; and when the exigencies of liberty occurred to agitate a more advanced and less contented state of society , a new ...
... exercise , and the real impotence of which they felt ; by neglecting to exer- cise them , they eventually lost them ; and when the exigencies of liberty occurred to agitate a more advanced and less contented state of society , a new ...
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... social condition of the country . Royalty was no more capable of wielding all the central power , than the nation was of maintaining and exercising all its liberties . PRINCIPLE OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT . 55 LECTURE VI . The.
... social condition of the country . Royalty was no more capable of wielding all the central power , than the nation was of maintaining and exercising all its liberties . PRINCIPLE OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT . 55 LECTURE VI . The.
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... exercise of his free will and imperfect nature , he does not invariably obey this law . He is influenced by other ... exercises a rightful control over individuals themselves . Here , then , have we discovered the true law of society ...
... exercise of his free will and imperfect nature , he does not invariably obey this law . He is influenced by other ... exercises a rightful control over individuals themselves . Here , then , have we discovered the true law of society ...
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... its very nature changeful , can alter its idea and pur- pose , and exercise upon the other powers an influence that is periodically variable . If the different powers do not POLITICAL RIGHTS OF THE NATION . 63 agree , they.
... its very nature changeful , can alter its idea and pur- pose , and exercise upon the other powers an influence that is periodically variable . If the different powers do not POLITICAL RIGHTS OF THE NATION . 63 agree , they.
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... exercise power , and those who possess rights , to enter upon a common search after reason and justice ; it invites the multitude to reduce itself to unity , and it brings forth unity from the midst of plurality . The public powers ...
... exercise power , and those who possess rights , to enter upon a common search after reason and justice ; it invites the multitude to reduce itself to unity , and it brings forth unity from the midst of plurality . The public powers ...
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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.