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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... experience . In one respect we are indeed particularly likely to be mistaken as to the effect of the last Reform Bill . Unde- niably there has lately been a great change in our politics . It is commonly said that " there is not a brick ...
... experience . In one respect we are indeed particularly likely to be mistaken as to the effect of the last Reform Bill . Unde- niably there has lately been a great change in our politics . It is commonly said that " there is not a brick ...
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... experience of the last election much help us . The circumstances were too exceptional . In the first place , Mr. Gladstone's personal popularity was such as has not been seen since the time of Mr. Pitt , and such as may never be seen ...
... experience of the last election much help us . The circumstances were too exceptional . In the first place , Mr. Gladstone's personal popularity was such as has not been seen since the time of Mr. Pitt , and such as may never be seen ...
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... experience since I first wrote . My great object was to contrast the office of President as an executive officer and to compare it with that of a Prime Minister ; and I devoted much space to showing that in one prin- cipal respect the ...
... experience since I first wrote . My great object was to contrast the office of President as an executive officer and to compare it with that of a Prime Minister ; and I devoted much space to showing that in one prin- cipal respect the ...
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... experience . First , as Mr. Goldwin Smith - no unfavourable judge of anything American - justly said some years since , the capital error made by the United States Government was the " Legal Tender Act , " as it is called , by which it ...
... experience . First , as Mr. Goldwin Smith - no unfavourable judge of anything American - justly said some years since , the capital error made by the United States Government was the " Legal Tender Act , " as it is called , by which it ...
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... experience they do not now understand how much they have suffered from their inconvertible currency . But the mode in which the Presidential Government of America managed its taxation during the Civil War , is even a more striking ...
... experience they do not now understand how much they have suffered from their inconvertible currency . But the mode in which the Presidential Government of America managed its taxation during the Civil War , is even a more striking ...
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