A Short History of Anglo-Saxon Freedom: The Polity of the English-speaking Race : Outlined in Its Inception, Development, Diffusion, and Present ConditionWalter Scott, 1890 - 420 páginas |
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... thousand years , from the time of the Teu- tons of Cæsar and Tacitus to the British Empire and the United States of 1890. It is not the polity of any single people that is outlined , but that of the English - speaking race , that body ...
... thousand years , from the time of the Teu- tons of Cæsar and Tacitus to the British Empire and the United States of 1890. It is not the polity of any single people that is outlined , but that of the English - speaking race , that body ...
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... thousand years . In the ancient villages we can see distinctly a life proceeding , in some of its features , similar to that of English - speaking men at the present hour.1 The forefathers were not utter savages . Although fierce ...
... thousand years . In the ancient villages we can see distinctly a life proceeding , in some of its features , similar to that of English - speaking men at the present hour.1 The forefathers were not utter savages . Although fierce ...
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... thousands to the great folc - moot , dispensing with representation . The priests pro- claimed silence and maintained order . Speakers were at liberty to persuade , but no one had power to command . The nation , which , upon occasion ...
... thousands to the great folc - moot , dispensing with representation . The priests pro- claimed silence and maintained order . Speakers were at liberty to persuade , but no one had power to command . The nation , which , upon occasion ...
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... thousand years , from the German plains to the United States of to - day . The fluctuations in its history have been extreme and constant . Many times it has been upon the verge of extinction . Always , however , it has been maintained ...
... thousand years , from the German plains to the United States of to - day . The fluctuations in its history have been extreme and constant . Many times it has been upon the verge of extinction . Always , however , it has been maintained ...
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... thousand years or more had passed since the surface soil had been scraped away , allowing the chalk substratum to appear through in the gigan- tic delineation ; for it is said to have been done by the hands of Alfred's Saxons ...
... thousand years or more had passed since the surface soil had been scraped away , allowing the chalk substratum to appear through in the gigan- tic delineation ; for it is said to have been done by the hands of Alfred's Saxons ...
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A Short History of Anglo-Saxon Freedom. The Polity of the English-speaking ... James Kendall Hosmer Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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A Short History of Anglo-Saxon Freedom. the Polity of the English-Speaking ... James Kendall Hosmer Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
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18th century aforesaid American Revolution ancient Anglo Anglo-Saxon freedom army barons became become boroughs Britain British Bryce cause ceorls character Charles charters Church cited cities Civil Commonwealth Constitution of Canada Constitutional History council Court Cromwell Crown declared dominion E. A. Freeman Earl Edward elected electors England English-speaking race Federal feudalism France freeman hand heirs Henry VIII House of Commons hundred ideas institutions Jack Cade John justice King knights-of-the-shire land leaders Lecky legislation liament liberty Long Parliament Lords Lords Spiritual Magna Charta ment moot nation nobles Norman Parliament political popular population possessed present primordial cell Prince realm reform regards representation representative royal Saxon Saxon freedom self-government shire shire-moot Sir Henry South Sovereign spirit Stamp Act stood Stuarts supreme thegns things Thirteen Colonies tion Tories town town-meeting township Tudors United villeins Virginia Wat Tyler Westminster Whigs William yeomen