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201.<br />

respect with which Nestor addresses<br />

Agamemnon, observes,<br />

"<strong>The</strong> <strong>Homer</strong>ic Council<br />

is a purely consultative body,<br />

assembled not with any power<br />

<strong>of</strong> peremptorily arresting mischievous<br />

resolves <strong>of</strong> the king,<br />

but solely for his information<br />

and guidance."<br />

In the heroic times, it is not unfrequent<br />

for the king to receive<br />

presents to purchase freedom<br />

from his wrath, or immunity<br />

from his exactions. Such gifts<br />

gradually became regular, and<br />

formed the income <strong>of</strong> the German,<br />

(Tacit. Germ. Section 15)<br />

Persian, (Herodot. iii.89), and<br />

other kings. So, too, in the<br />

middle ages, '<strong>The</strong> feudal aids<br />

are the beginning <strong>of</strong> taxation,<br />

<strong>of</strong> which they for a long time

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