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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Página xxiv
... hereditary estate ; they are men mostly of substantial means , but they are mostly , too , connected more or less closely with the new trading wealth . The spirit of the two Assemblies has become far more contrasted than it ever was ...
... hereditary estate ; they are men mostly of substantial means , but they are mostly , too , connected more or less closely with the new trading wealth . The spirit of the two Assemblies has become far more contrasted than it ever was ...
Página xxxii
... hereditary estates . But then , too , few things are less likely than an outbreak to destroy the House of Lords - my point is , that a catastrophe which levels one will not spare the other . I conceive , therefore , that the great power ...
... hereditary estates . But then , too , few things are less likely than an outbreak to destroy the House of Lords - my point is , that a catastrophe which levels one will not spare the other . I conceive , therefore , that the great power ...
Página xxxiii
... hereditary principle in the Upper Chamber entirely . Of course one may fancy it to be otherwise ; we may conceive of a political storm just going to a life peerage limit , and then stopping suddenly . But in politics we must not trouble ...
... hereditary principle in the Upper Chamber entirely . Of course one may fancy it to be otherwise ; we may conceive of a political storm just going to a life peerage limit , and then stopping suddenly . But in politics we must not trouble ...
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... hereditary loyalty at once became as useful as now . It began to be powerful , but it hardly began to be useful . There was so much harm done by it as well as so much good , that it is quite capable of being argued whether on the whole ...
... hereditary loyalty at once became as useful as now . It began to be powerful , but it hardly began to be useful . There was so much harm done by it as well as so much good , that it is quite capable of being argued whether on the whole ...
Página 55
... hereditary monarch is at these times of incalculable use . It would have been impossible for England to get through the first years after 1688 but for the singular ability of William III . It would have been impossible for Italy to have ...
... hereditary monarch is at these times of incalculable use . It would have been impossible for England to get through the first years after 1688 but for the singular ability of William III . It would have been impossible for Italy to have ...
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