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... monarchy with early tyranny , but it would be rash to assume that the Epic described kingship as strictly hereditary as a matter of principle . So in the same pas- sage , in order to make the same contrast , he says of Heroic king- ship ...
... monarchy with early tyranny , but it would be rash to assume that the Epic described kingship as strictly hereditary as a matter of principle . So in the same pas- sage , in order to make the same contrast , he says of Heroic king- ship ...
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... monarchy , still less is it absolute monarchy . Against monarchy based simply on power prevailing over the community , both aristocracies and democracies were on their guard when laws were made that the tyrant or would - be tyrant was ...
... monarchy , still less is it absolute monarchy . Against monarchy based simply on power prevailing over the community , both aristocracies and democracies were on their guard when laws were made that the tyrant or would - be tyrant was ...
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... monarchy of Macedon . Macedon had not undergone the development of the city - state . A Greek dynasty had guided the ... monarchy was a national monarchy ; it had elements of the Heroic age in it , and it , too , supplied a contrast to ...
... monarchy of Macedon . Macedon had not undergone the development of the city - state . A Greek dynasty had guided the ... monarchy was a national monarchy ; it had elements of the Heroic age in it , and it , too , supplied a contrast to ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir Charles Webster | 15 |
Walter de la MARE AND THE TRAVELLER Warton Lecture on English | 23 |
THE OLDEST SLAVONIC TRADITION OF BYZANTINE MUSIC By Carsten | 37 |
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