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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... by the people , and for the people , went into operation , - a thing at that time unknown elsewhere among civilized nations . 1 Unknown elsewhere ; but had the world never before seen CHAPTER I THE PRIMITIVE SAXONS PAGE.
... by the people , and for the people , went into operation , - a thing at that time unknown elsewhere among civilized nations . 1 Unknown elsewhere ; but had the world never before seen CHAPTER I THE PRIMITIVE SAXONS PAGE.
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... in this book as a thing probable , - a position amply justified by the statements of those regarded at present as the greatest masters in this field . became at once a military host , sometimes opposed by 6 ANGLO - SAXON FREEDOM .
... in this book as a thing probable , - a position amply justified by the statements of those regarded at present as the greatest masters in this field . became at once a military host , sometimes opposed by 6 ANGLO - SAXON FREEDOM .
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... thing , but developed from the ancient Anglo - Saxon freedom , something transmitted from times perhaps prehistoric . We are to trace its course through nearly two thousand years , from the German plains to the United States of to - day ...
... thing , but developed from the ancient Anglo - Saxon freedom , something transmitted from times perhaps prehistoric . We are to trace its course through nearly two thousand years , from the German plains to the United States of to - day ...
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... things as nearly as possible to the ancient course . This was notably the case with Alfred , at the end of the ninth century , whose great- ness more than aught else consisted in this , that he knew the value of the free institutions of ...
... things as nearly as possible to the ancient course . This was notably the case with Alfred , at the end of the ninth century , whose great- ness more than aught else consisted in this , that he knew the value of the free institutions of ...
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... things ; for instance , that in the sentence that is now being written there should be nineteen words of Saxon origin and four of Latin ; and that in general , when we write and talk , about a quarter of our speech should be derived ...
... things ; for instance , that in the sentence that is now being written there should be nineteen words of Saxon origin and four of Latin ; and that in general , when we write and talk , about a quarter of our speech should be derived ...
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