The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 11. köideThomas Spencer Baynes, William Robertson Smith R.S. Peale, 1890 |
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Page 11
... king and council of heroic times had disappeared , and self- government in some form or other was the general rule . It is to be noticed , however , that the Governments of Greece were essentially unstable . The political philosophers ...
... king and council of heroic times had disappeared , and self- government in some form or other was the general rule . It is to be noticed , however , that the Governments of Greece were essentially unstable . The political philosophers ...
Page 12
... king kept pace with the aggregation of the English tribes under one king . The conception that the land belonged primarily to the people gave way to the concep- tion that everything belonged primarily to the king . The Norman Conquest ...
... king kept pace with the aggregation of the English tribes under one king . The conception that the land belonged primarily to the people gave way to the concep- tion that everything belonged primarily to the king . The Norman Conquest ...
Page 13
... king names his ministers , and the law names the king . In popular or constitutional govern- ments far more elaborate precautions are required . It is one of the real merits of the English constitution that it has solved this problem ...
... king names his ministers , and the law names the king . In popular or constitutional govern- ments far more elaborate precautions are required . It is one of the real merits of the English constitution that it has solved this problem ...
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... king of Spain . Compelled to quit Rome somewhat suddenly , he appears again in Madrid in 1775 , the husband of Bayeu's daughter , and father of a son . About this time he appears to have visited his parents at Fuende todos , no doubt ...
... king of Spain . Compelled to quit Rome somewhat suddenly , he appears again in Madrid in 1775 , the husband of Bayeu's daughter , and father of a son . About this time he appears to have visited his parents at Fuende todos , no doubt ...
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... king " or " he is king . " In conversational English “ it is is as correct as " c'est moi " in French , or " det er mig " in Danisu ; the literary " it is I " is due to the in- fluence of classical grammar . The combination of noun or ...
... king " or " he is king . " In conversational English “ it is is as correct as " c'est moi " in French , or " det er mig " in Danisu ; the literary " it is I " is due to the in- fluence of classical grammar . The combination of noun or ...
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