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... important has been left out . In fact , the great bulk of the book remains unchanged . But it is necessary to recollect the plan which Mr. Hallam pur- sued in the later editions of his Work , in order to judge of the necessity and ...
... important has been left out . In fact , the great bulk of the book remains unchanged . But it is necessary to recollect the plan which Mr. Hallam pur- sued in the later editions of his Work , in order to judge of the necessity and ...
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... important remarks , and by leaving out most of the notes at the foot of the pages con- taining reference to authorities , which , however serviceable to historical inquirers , can be of no use to Students in Schools and Colleges . The ...
... important remarks , and by leaving out most of the notes at the foot of the pages con- taining reference to authorities , which , however serviceable to historical inquirers , can be of no use to Students in Schools and Colleges . The ...
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... important , and still greater weak- ness suffered it to become elective ; men of energetic talents and ambition united it with military command ; and the his- tory of France for half a century presents no names more conspicuous than ...
... important , and still greater weak- ness suffered it to become elective ; men of energetic talents and ambition united it with military command ; and the his- tory of France for half a century presents no names more conspicuous than ...
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... important to keep in mind this distinc- tion between Austrasia and Neustria , subsisting for some ages , and , in fact , only replaced , speaking without exact geograph- ical precision , by that of Germany and France . VI . From the ...
... important to keep in mind this distinc- tion between Austrasia and Neustria , subsisting for some ages , and , in fact , only replaced , speaking without exact geograph- ical precision , by that of Germany and France . VI . From the ...
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... important revolutions in the histo- ry of Europe . The mayor Pepin , surnamed le Bref , to dis- tinguish him from his grandfather , inheriting his father Charles Martel's talents and ambition , made , in the name and with the consent of ...
... important revolutions in the histo- ry of Europe . The mayor Pepin , surnamed le Bref , to dis- tinguish him from his grandfather , inheriting his father Charles Martel's talents and ambition , made , in the name and with the consent of ...
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Page 443 - Moreover, we have granted for us and our heirs, as well to archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, and other folk of holy Church, as also to earls, barons, and to all the commonalty of the land, that for no business from henceforth...
Page 518 - As the head of a body natural cannot change its nerves and sinews, cannot deny to the several parts their proper energy, their due proportion and aliment of blood; neither can a king, who is the head of a body politic, change the laws thereof, nor take from the people what is theirs, by right, against their consent.
Page 456 - But in the very second year of the son's reign they granted the twenty-fifth penny of their goods, '• upon this condition, that the king should take advice and grant redress upon certain articles wherein they are aggrieved.
Page 424 - Whether courts of justice framed the writ of Habeas Corpus in conformity to the spirit of this clause, or found it already in their register, it became from that era the right of every subject to demand it.
Page 418 - From the sale of that justice which every citizen has a right to demand, it was an easy transition to withhold or deny it. Fines were received for the king's help against the adverse suitor; that is, for perversion of justice, or for delay. Sometimes they were paid by opposite parties, and, of course, for opposite ends.