The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to Our Own Times, Volume 1Bradbury and Evans, 1856 - Great Britain |
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... principle of cohesion . Goldsmith , in his preface , modestly and justly said , " To attain the greatest number of advantages with the fewest inconveniences , is all that can be attained in an abridgment , the very name of which implies ...
... principle of cohesion . Goldsmith , in his preface , modestly and justly said , " To attain the greatest number of advantages with the fewest inconveniences , is all that can be attained in an abridgment , the very name of which implies ...
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... principles of government , and the progress of all our social institutions , have affected their condition . They want to know how the discoveries of science , and the refinements of art and literature , have raised them in the moral ...
... principles of government , and the progress of all our social institutions , have affected their condition . They want to know how the discoveries of science , and the refinements of art and literature , have raised them in the moral ...
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... principle of social progress ; and cherishing a disposition more to general tolerance than sectarian animosity ; I aspire only to make the history of my country a connected narrative of the progress of the people of my country . If I ...
... principle of social progress ; and cherishing a disposition more to general tolerance than sectarian animosity ; I aspire only to make the history of my country a connected narrative of the progress of the people of my country . If I ...
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... principles of its institutions , the elements of its wealth , the duties of its government , the reciprocal obligations ... principle of growth , and not of creation . The Roman , the Saxon , the Norman , did not each of them , without ...
... principles of its institutions , the elements of its wealth , the duties of its government , the reciprocal obligations ... principle of growth , and not of creation . The Roman , the Saxon , the Norman , did not each of them , without ...
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... principle of personal liberty which has survived , through twelve hundred years , every attempt to merge the freedom of the governed in the absolute control of the governors . From the feudal system of the Norman , we derive those ...
... principle of personal liberty which has survived , through twelve hundred years , every attempt to merge the freedom of the governed in the absolute control of the governors . From the feudal system of the Norman , we derive those ...
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