The English ConstitutionH. S. King & Company, 1872 - 291 páginas A classic study of the British constitution, paying special attention to how Parliament and the monarchy work. The author frequently draws comparisons with the American Constitution, being generally critical of the American system of government. |
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... Lord Palmer- ston ; and since that time there have been many changes , some of spirit and some of detail . In so short a period there have rarely been more changes . If I had given a sketch of the Palmerston time as a sketch of the ...
... Lord Palmer- ston ; and since that time there have been many changes , some of spirit and some of detail . In so short a period there have rarely been more changes . If I had given a sketch of the Palmerston time as a sketch of the ...
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... Lord Palmerston's time no such Act could have passed . In Lord Palmerston's time Sir George Grey said that the disestablishment of the Irish Church would be an " act of Revolution : " it has now been disestablished by great majorities , ...
... Lord Palmerston's time no such Act could have passed . In Lord Palmerston's time Sir George Grey said that the disestablishment of the Irish Church would be an " act of Revolution : " it has now been disestablished by great majorities , ...
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... Lord Russell , Lord Palmerston retained great power . Lord Palmerston to the last retained great prohibitive power . Though in some ways always young , he had not a particle of sympathy with the younger generation ; he brought for ...
... Lord Russell , Lord Palmerston retained great power . Lord Palmerston to the last retained great prohibitive power . Though in some ways always young , he had not a particle of sympathy with the younger generation ; he brought for ...
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Walter Bagehot. pains he took to induce the Lords to submit to their new position , and to submit , time after time , their will to the will of ... Palmerston , Lord Russell , Lord Derby , died xxiv INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
Walter Bagehot. pains he took to induce the Lords to submit to their new position , and to submit , time after time , their will to the will of ... Palmerston , Lord Russell , Lord Derby , died xxiv INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
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Walter Bagehot. Lord Palmerston , Lord Russell , Lord Derby , died or else lost their influence within a year or two of 1867. The complete consequences of the Act of 1832 upon the House of Lords could not be seen while the Commons were ...
Walter Bagehot. Lord Palmerston , Lord Russell , Lord Derby , died or else lost their influence within a year or two of 1867. The complete consequences of the Act of 1832 upon the House of Lords could not be seen while the Commons were ...
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