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... tion of their own interests , and ultimately in securely binding together the whole regions wherein these towns existed in one common welfare . It was a natural deve- lopment which gradually affected all the countries within the range ...
... tion of their own interests , and ultimately in securely binding together the whole regions wherein these towns existed in one common welfare . It was a natural deve- lopment which gradually affected all the countries within the range ...
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... tion of a despotic government , whose every move- ment was characterised by oppression , extortion , and caprice , was at last unbearable , and came to be violently met and destroyed . In Italy , again , the cities , which at an early ...
... tion of a despotic government , whose every move- ment was characterised by oppression , extortion , and caprice , was at last unbearable , and came to be violently met and destroyed . In Italy , again , the cities , which at an early ...
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... cantonal self- government.1 But what the Emancipation Act did not provide for was the individual right to freedom of locomo- 1 System of Land Tenure in Russia , p . 29 . tion , for since the government held the village communes.
... cantonal self- government.1 But what the Emancipation Act did not provide for was the individual right to freedom of locomo- 1 System of Land Tenure in Russia , p . 29 . tion , for since the government held the village communes.
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David Cunningham (civil engineer.) tion , for since the government held the village communes as corporate bodies , responsible for the payment of the quit - rents , taxes , and redemption dues , ' the communes were in a manner placed in ...
David Cunningham (civil engineer.) tion , for since the government held the village communes as corporate bodies , responsible for the payment of the quit - rents , taxes , and redemption dues , ' the communes were in a manner placed in ...
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... tion . The perpetuation of such a condition , then , cannot but be inimical to the general welfare . But the means by which a change in such a condition is to be effected is all - important . The relations of society must not be rudely ...
... tion . The perpetuation of such a condition , then , cannot but be inimical to the general welfare . But the means by which a change in such a condition is to be effected is all - important . The relations of society must not be rudely ...
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