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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... tenor . Some of the tunes were probably of popular origin , and they are still used by the French Protestant Church . Others were adopted by the German , ΧΙ . I the work did not appear 1 1789. Meantime he pub- ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. ...
... tenor . Some of the tunes were probably of popular origin , and they are still used by the French Protestant Church . Others were adopted by the German , ΧΙ . I the work did not appear 1 1789. Meantime he pub- ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. ...
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... Origin of Government . - A preliminary question , formerly of vast theoretical importance , would be , What is the origin of government ? How did government come into existence ? As a question of historical fact , it demands for its ...
... Origin of Government . - A preliminary question , formerly of vast theoretical importance , would be , What is the origin of government ? How did government come into existence ? As a question of historical fact , it demands for its ...
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... origin of governments in general ; and each nation was perfectly ready to accept the traditional vouoléra of any other . In- The application of the historical method to the phenomena of society has changed the aspect of the question and ...
... origin of governments in general ; and each nation was perfectly ready to accept the traditional vouoléra of any other . In- The application of the historical method to the phenomena of society has changed the aspect of the question and ...
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... origin . The Cæsar was an elective not an hereditary king . The real founda- tion of his power was the army , and the army in course of time openly assumed the right of nominating the sovereign . The characteristic weakness of the Roman ...
... origin . The Cæsar was an elective not an hereditary king . The real founda- tion of his power was the army , and the army in course of time openly assumed the right of nominating the sovereign . The characteristic weakness of the Roman ...
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... origin , and for instances of its use in England before its application to politics , we must be content to refer to Canon Stubbs's Constitutional History , vol . ii . The problem of combin- ing a large area of sovereiguty with some ...
... origin , and for instances of its use in England before its application to politics , we must be content to refer to Canon Stubbs's Constitutional History , vol . ii . The problem of combin- ing a large area of sovereiguty with some ...
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