The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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... never can be made under any representative system . The Government of Rome . - During the whole period of freedom the government of Rome was , in theory at least , municipal self - government . Each citizen had 1 Aristotle elsewhere ...
... never can be made under any representative system . The Government of Rome . - During the whole period of freedom the government of Rome was , in theory at least , municipal self - government . Each citizen had 1 Aristotle elsewhere ...
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... never stood higher than it did in the reigns of Henry VIII . and Elizabeth ; but even these powerful monarchs were studious in their regard for parliamentary conventionalities . After a long period of speculative controversy and civil ...
... never stood higher than it did in the reigns of Henry VIII . and Elizabeth ; but even these powerful monarchs were studious in their regard for parliamentary conventionalities . After a long period of speculative controversy and civil ...
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... never to pass . Another historical fact of some importance is the long- continued alienation of the aristocratic classes from the reigning family during the post - Revolution period . In the 18th century the natural champions of ...
... never to pass . Another historical fact of some importance is the long- continued alienation of the aristocratic classes from the reigning family during the post - Revolution period . In the 18th century the natural champions of ...
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... never enforced , and any attempt to enforce them would almost certainly end in their formal repeal . State prosecu- tions for expression of opinion have almost entirely ceased , and practically the only instrument of control now left is ...
... never enforced , and any attempt to enforce them would almost certainly end in their formal repeal . State prosecu- tions for expression of opinion have almost entirely ceased , and practically the only instrument of control now left is ...
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... never affects a well - peopled city , increased in strength as the population diminished . We are told by Cicero ( De Am . , 4 ) , " Magna Græcia nunc quidem deleta est . " Many of the cities com- pletely disappeared ; some , like ...
... never affects a well - peopled city , increased in strength as the population diminished . We are told by Cicero ( De Am . , 4 ) , " Magna Græcia nunc quidem deleta est . " Many of the cities com- pletely disappeared ; some , like ...
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