The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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... empire . We can imagine what would be the effect of leaving to the people of London or Paris the supreme con- trol of the British empire or of France , irresistible temp- tation , inevitable corruption . The rabble of the capital learn ...
... empire . We can imagine what would be the effect of leaving to the people of London or Paris the supreme con- trol of the British empire or of France , irresistible temp- tation , inevitable corruption . The rabble of the capital learn ...
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... empire , the arbiter of national policy , imitated . In most European countries , in the English foreign or domestic , the sovereign in commission . colonies , in the United States congress , and in the sepa- whole power of the House of ...
... empire , the arbiter of national policy , imitated . In most European countries , in the English foreign or domestic , the sovereign in commission . colonies , in the United States congress , and in the sepa- whole power of the House of ...
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... empire have there succeeded each other again and again in the course of a century . It is surprising how little effect these political revolutions have had on the body of French law . The change from empire to republic is not marked by ...
... empire have there succeeded each other again and again in the course of a century . It is surprising how little effect these political revolutions have had on the body of French law . The change from empire to republic is not marked by ...
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... empire uuder Charles V. , was at that time engaged in practice as a junior at the provincial bar . On the com- pletion of his studies in law at Padua and in divinity at Louvain , he for a short time held a canonry at Besançon , but his ...
... empire uuder Charles V. , was at that time engaged in practice as a junior at the provincial bar . On the com- pletion of his studies in law at Padua and in divinity at Louvain , he for a short time held a canonry at Besançon , but his ...
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... empire , but feeling himself unable to resist unaided the incursions of the barbarians , he ceded it to Theodosius , January 19 , 379. For some years Gratianus conducted the government of his empire with energy and success , but ...
... empire , but feeling himself unable to resist unaided the incursions of the barbarians , he ceded it to Theodosius , January 19 , 379. For some years Gratianus conducted the government of his empire with energy and success , but ...
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