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L’envie d’être enfin souverain dévore mes intestins, va voir
Archive 2007-03-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007
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Universities started 800 or 900 years ago as collectives or guilds of teachers, very autonomous and souverain, and they seem to have survived.
Academic Self-selection, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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"Nous ne pouvons," runs the Report, "laisser si étroitment enchainer, garrotter, ligotter l'electeur proclamé souverain et qui doit en tout cas être libre."
Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election John H. Humphreys
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EMPIRE, _m. _, souverain pouvoir; influence; état gouverné par un empereur.
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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COUR, _f. _, espace clos de murs; résidence d'un souverain; siège de justice.
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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-- L'inaction est leur souverain bonheur; aussi travaillent-ils pen et nonchalamment.
The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 Various
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DESPOTE, _m. _, souverain qui gouverne arbitrairement.
French Conversation and Composition Harry Vincent Wann
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He defines popular government as "l'exercice de la volonté générale," and draws from this the logical inference, "elle ne peut jamais s'aliéner, et le souverain, qui n'est qu'un être collectif, ne peut être représenté que par lui-mê."
Political Parties; a Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy 1916
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It hardly seemed a speech when he was at the tribune, more like a causerie, though he told very plain truths sometimes to the peuple souverain.
My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 Waddington, Mary King 1914
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The Parliament of course (le peuple souverain) was invited, but it was a different question for the women, wives of the senators and deputies.
My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879 Waddington, Mary King 1914
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