EtymoniaS. Tinsley, 1875 - 274 pages |
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... elders of the people . In making my researches , one thing caused me great astonishment . I have already told you , in my former conversations , I do not pretend to much school scholarship , yet I had always heard in my youth , and my ...
... elders of the people . In making my researches , one thing caused me great astonishment . I have already told you , in my former conversations , I do not pretend to much school scholarship , yet I had always heard in my youth , and my ...
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... elder again smiled , but replied , - No , what I now tell you is a tradition , and does not find a place in our written annals . According to tradition , the polity which you now witness , and which at present regulates the government ...
... elder again smiled , but replied , - No , what I now tell you is a tradition , and does not find a place in our written annals . According to tradition , the polity which you now witness , and which at present regulates the government ...
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... Elders . There is further a District Government , which meets at the district centre , where all matters touching the general interests of the associated thousands are duly discussed and determined upon . This assembly may be considered ...
... Elders . There is further a District Government , which meets at the district centre , where all matters touching the general interests of the associated thousands are duly discussed and determined upon . This assembly may be considered ...
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... elders , subject to instructions from the district council . Secondly , there are some two thousand districts , each comprising sixteen villages or thousands . They are severally governed by a district council , which presides at the ...
... elders , subject to instructions from the district council . Secondly , there are some two thousand districts , each comprising sixteen villages or thousands . They are severally governed by a district council , which presides at the ...
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... elders , the fathers of the commune , for in this there is a certain fitness ; but of a surety any assump- tion of a harassing authority would promptly be checked by a resort to those elective principles , which , though allowed to ...
... elders , the fathers of the commune , for in this there is a certain fitness ; but of a surety any assump- tion of a harassing authority would promptly be checked by a resort to those elective principles , which , though allowed to ...
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