[55-1] Arthur Murphy, The Works of Cornelius Tacitus, London, 1793, vol. iv. p. 16.
[56-1] Ency. Brit., vol. xxiii. p. 110.
[56-2] Ibid., vol. xx. p. 837: "The Angles, Saxons and other Teutonic races who conquered Britain brought to their new homes their own laws and customs, . . . and a certain rude representation in local affairs:' Cf. also Woodrow Wilson, The State, 1898, Boston, rev. ed., 1911, pp. 560, 561.
[56-3] Ency. Brit., vol. ix. p. 491.
[57-1] Ency. Brit., vol. xxiii. p. 109.
[57-2] Ibid., vol. xxiii. pp. 109-110.
[57-3] Ibid., vol. xxiii. p. 110.
[57-4] Ibid., vol. xxiii. p. 109: "In 1651 Isaac Penington the younger published a pamphlet entitled 'The fundamental right, safety and liberty of the People; which is radically in themselves, derivatively in the Parliament, their substitutes or representatives.'" Cf. New English Dictionary, Oxford, 1891, "Representative," where 1658 is mentioned as its first use.
[57-5] Ency. Brit., vol. xx. p. 835, and vol. ix. p. 491.
[57-6] The House of Lords contains a certain representative element in the Irish and Scottish members. These are some only of the peers of their respective countries, and are elected by their fellow peers to seats in the House of Lords—those from Ireland for life, and from Scotland for a session.