The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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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.1 The king's ministers had begun to act as a united body ; but Norman Conquest imposed on England the already highly even after the Revolution the union was still feeble and developed feudalism of France , and out of this feudalism ...
... king.1 The king's ministers had begun to act as a united body ; but Norman Conquest imposed on England the already highly even after the Revolution the union was still feeble and developed feudalism of France , and out of this feudalism ...
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... 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 me " is as correct as " c'est moi " in French , or 66 det er mig " in Danish ; the literary " it is I " is due to the in- fluence of classical grammar . The combination of ...
... king " or " he is king . " In conversational English " it is me " is as correct as " c'est moi " in French , or 66 det er mig " in Danish ; the literary " it is I " is due to the in- fluence of classical grammar . The combination of ...
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