The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General LiteratureWerner Company, 1895 |
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... result of an agreement among men to keep the peace . With Locke , it is a state of liberty and equality , —it is not a state of war ; it is governed by its own law , the law of nature , which is the same thing as the law of reason . The ...
... result of an agreement among men to keep the peace . With Locke , it is a state of liberty and equality , —it is not a state of war ; it is governed by its own law , the law of nature , which is the same thing as the law of reason . The ...
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... result was no doubt an increase in the power of the crown , which probably 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 ...
... result was no doubt an increase in the power of the crown , which probably 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 ...
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... result has been brought about partly by in the legal constitution . Its numbers and its constitution natural imitation of the accepted type of free govern- are not fixed even by any rule of practice . It keeps no ment , partly from a ...
... result has been brought about partly by in the legal constitution . Its numbers and its constitution natural imitation of the accepted type of free govern- are not fixed even by any rule of practice . It keeps no ment , partly from a ...
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... result both depend on the will of the constituencies , as expressed at the general election . There is no fixity in either direction in the tenure of a ministry . It may be challenged at any moment , and it lasts until it is challenged ...
... result both depend on the will of the constituencies , as expressed at the general election . There is no fixity in either direction in the tenure of a ministry . It may be challenged at any moment , and it lasts until it is challenged ...
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... result of molecular motion , and it is now seen that Graham's empirical law is included under the fundamental law of motion . Graham also studied the passage of gases by transpiration through fine tubes , and by effusion through a ...
... result of molecular motion , and it is now seen that Graham's empirical law is included under the fundamental law of motion . Graham also studied the passage of gases by transpiration through fine tubes , and by effusion through a ...
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