A Short History of Anglo-Saxon Freedom: The Polity of the English-speaking Race. Outlined in Its Inception, Development, Diffusion and Present ConditionC. Scribner's sons, 1890 - 420 páginas |
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... rule of William I. — Domesday Book . Persistence of ancient institutions in tun , hundred , and shire . Char- acter of the King's title . Limitation of feudalism in Eng- land . Work of Henry II in depressing the great vassals . -The ...
... rule of William I. — Domesday Book . Persistence of ancient institutions in tun , hundred , and shire . Char- acter of the King's title . Limitation of feudalism in Eng- land . Work of Henry II in depressing the great vassals . -The ...
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... rule without a Parliament . - The Short Parliament . Assembling of the Long Parliament . — Its idea to establish the equilibrium between King , Lords , and Commons . Arrest of Laud and Strafford . The Grand Remonstrance . Attempt to ...
... rule without a Parliament . - The Short Parliament . Assembling of the Long Parliament . — Its idea to establish the equilibrium between King , Lords , and Commons . Arrest of Laud and Strafford . The Grand Remonstrance . Attempt to ...
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... Rule in England ; in America the negro question , excessive immigration . — The embarrassments not especially formi- dable as compared with those of other times CHAPTER XIX . DO WE RESPECT OUR FREEDOM ? - • The celebration of April 30th ...
... Rule in England ; in America the negro question , excessive immigration . — The embarrassments not especially formi- dable as compared with those of other times CHAPTER XIX . DO WE RESPECT OUR FREEDOM ? - • The celebration of April 30th ...
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... rule of a few . Now and then a King arises of the highest good sense and the utmost worth . Some- times a small governing class will show , through a term of years , unselfishness and solicitous skill in public business . The beneficent ...
... rule of a few . Now and then a King arises of the highest good sense and the utmost worth . Some- times a small governing class will show , through a term of years , unselfishness and solicitous skill in public business . The beneficent ...
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... rule than their private partialities : they must regard the general good . Participation , even in the smallest public function , is useful : such participation should , however , be great as the general good will allow ; nothing else ...
... rule than their private partialities : they must regard the general good . Participation , even in the smallest public function , is useful : such participation should , however , be great as the general good will allow ; nothing else ...
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