The Evolution of Governments and Laws: Exhibiting the Governmental Structures of Ancient and Modern States, Their Growth and Decay and the Leading Principles of Their Laws, Volume 1 |
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... AND NORWAY . XX . GERMANY , AUSTRIA , HUNGARY AND POLAND . XXI . HOLLAND AND BELGIUM . XXII . SWITZERLAND . XXIII . FRANCE . XXIV . THE BRITISH EMPIRE . VIH SA ® $ 359593 XXVI . MODERN MEXICO , CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN STATES.
... AND NORWAY . XX . GERMANY , AUSTRIA , HUNGARY AND POLAND . XXI . HOLLAND AND BELGIUM . XXII . SWITZERLAND . XXIII . FRANCE . XXIV . THE BRITISH EMPIRE . VIH SA ® $ 359593 XXVI . MODERN MEXICO , CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN STATES.
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... France and Spain , with its varying combinations , always resulting in the domination of foreign rulers over more or less of the country , which lasted till recent times . Local dukes and princes were for the most part dependents on the ...
... France and Spain , with its varying combinations , always resulting in the domination of foreign rulers over more or less of the country , which lasted till recent times . Local dukes and princes were for the most part dependents on the ...
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... France came to the aid of Sardinia , and as a result of a brief cam- paign Sardinia gained Tuscany , Modena and Prama , but at the price of the concession to France of Savoy and Nice . This was soon followed by a revolution in the south ...
... France came to the aid of Sardinia , and as a result of a brief cam- paign Sardinia gained Tuscany , Modena and Prama , but at the price of the concession to France of Savoy and Nice . This was soon followed by a revolution in the south ...
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... France . Still more important in its permanent consequence was the revolt of Portugal , occasioned by the same measure , and resulting in the independence of that kingdom in 1640 . As a result of naval victories the Dutch took from ...
... France . Still more important in its permanent consequence was the revolt of Portugal , occasioned by the same measure , and resulting in the independence of that kingdom in 1640 . As a result of naval victories the Dutch took from ...
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... France and sustained crushing defeats in the campaigns of 1793 and 1794 , due mainly to inefficient organi- zation and want of supplies . This was followed by a treaty of peace which bound Spain in an alliance with France against ...
... France and sustained crushing defeats in the campaigns of 1793 and 1794 , due mainly to inefficient organi- zation and want of supplies . This was followed by a treaty of peace which bound Spain in an alliance with France against ...
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Page 372 - But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Page 845 - A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement.
Page 135 - And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife ; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to -go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
Page 147 - God shall choose : one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. 16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses, forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
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Page 147 - Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Page 145 - But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still ; that the poor of thy people may eat : and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.