| Great Britain - 1830 - 484 pages
...decisive authority on behalf of the people, though commonly so far onlv as the necessities of mc'ii case demanded. Its effect in these contests was not...with a fluctuating and vaguely limited monarchy, so MS at length to form from these discordant materials the only form of I'm' government which experience... | |
| Great Britain - 1830 - 482 pages
...the Knglish nation, undoubtedly, the Charter has contributed to bestow the union of establish. ment with improvement. To all mankind it set the first example of the progress of a great people for centurie-, ¡n blending their tumultuary democracy and haughty nobility with a fluctuating and vaguely... | |
| 1831 - 616 pages
...rising above the earth till the atmosphere has acquired the mild and equal temperature which insures them against blights. On the English nation, undoubtedly,...of a great people for centuries, in blending their tumultary democracy and haughty nobility with a fluctuating and vaguely limited monarchy, so as at... | |
| 1831 - 858 pages
...succeeding generations required, end as their character would safely bear. On the English nation its Charter has contributed to bestow the union of establishment...the first example of the progress of a great people engaged for centuries in blending their tumultuary democracy and haughty nobility with a fluctuating... | |
| Samuel Drew - 1831 - 658 pages
...rising above the earth till the atmosphere has acquired the mild and equal temperature which insures them against blights. On the English nation, undoubtedly, the Charter has contributed to bestow tiie union of establishment with improvement. To all mankind it set the first example of the progress... | |
| Thomas Keightley - Great Britain - 1840 - 580 pages
...C'harta are hardly to be appreciated. To use the glowing words of a philosopher and an historian:* "To all mankind it set the first example of the progress...democracy and haughty nobility with a fluctuating and vaguely-limited monarchy, so as at length to form from these discordant materials the only form of... | |
| Henry White - History - 1844 - 594 pages
...Great Charter. On the English nation the charter has contributed to combine stability with improvement. It set the first example of the progress of a great people in blending popular pretensions and the power of the nobles with a vaguely limited monarchy, so as... | |
| George Crosby - Corn laws (Great Britain) - 1847 - 424 pages
...On the English nation the Charter has undoubtedly contributed to bestow the union of establisment, with improvement to all mankind ; it set the first...in blending their tumultuary democracy and haughty aristocracy with a fluctuating and vaguely-limited monarchy, so as at length to form these discordant... | |
| Edward Shepherd Creasy - Constitutional history - 1848 - 82 pages
...rising above the earth till the atmo" sphere has acquired the mild and equal temperature which insures " them against blights. On the English nation, undoubtedly,...improvement. To all mankind it set the first example of the pro" gress of a great people for centuries, in blending their tumultuary de" mocracy and haughty nobility... | |
| Edward Shepherd Creasy - Constitutional history - 1848 - 76 pages
...rising above the earth till the atmo" sphere has acquired the mild and equal temperature which insures " them against blights. On the English nation, undoubtedly,...improvement. To all mankind it set the first example of the pro" gress of a great people for centuries, in blending their tumultuary de" mocracy and haughty nobility... | |
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