An Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution: From the Reign of Henry VII. To the Present Time (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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No man was secure except by the force he could bring to his assistance the highways were infested with robbers; murder and pil lage were dignified with the name of war'; and men sought, under the wing of some powerful lord, or in private associations, that safety for life and property which government could not afford.

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Excerpt from An Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution: From the Reign of Henry VII. To the Present Time

The history of society, so far as regards government, may be divided into four different stages of civilization.

1st. The state of savage life. - This is the origin of all society, is to be found at the beginning of every history, and is exemplified to this day in North America, and some of the newly discovered parts of the world. Such was the state in which Cæsar found the greater part of Britain, the sea-shore only being cultivated, and the interior occupied, or rather wandered over by hunters.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.