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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... monarch . A nation which does not expect good from a Parliament , cannot check or punish a Parliament . France expects , I fear , too little from her Parliaments ever to get what she ought . Now that the suffrage is universal lii ...
... monarch . A nation which does not expect good from a Parliament , cannot check or punish a Parliament . France expects , I fear , too little from her Parliaments ever to get what she ought . Now that the suffrage is universal lii ...
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... monarch , we must not think of it as much more . It is too singular in its nature and too peculiar in its accidents to be a guide to anything except itself . . In this essay I have made many remarks on the American constitution , in ...
... monarch , we must not think of it as much more . It is too singular in its nature and too peculiar in its accidents to be a guide to anything except itself . . In this essay I have made many remarks on the American constitution , in ...
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... monarch . But the mass of the English people do not think so ; they agree with the oath of allegiance ; they say it is their duty to obey the " Queen ; " and they have but hazy notions as to obeying laws without a queen . In former ...
... monarch . But the mass of the English people do not think so ; they agree with the oath of allegiance ; they say it is their duty to obey the " Queen ; " and they have but hazy notions as to obeying laws without a queen . In former ...
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... monarch , and so they tried very hard to make a new one . Events , however , were too strong for them . They were ready and eager to take Queen Anne as the stock of a new dynasty ; they were ready to ignore the claims of her father and ...
... monarch , and so they tried very hard to make a new one . Events , however , were too strong for them . They were ready and eager to take Queen Anne as the stock of a new dynasty ; they were ready to ignore the claims of her father and ...
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... monarch can bless , it is best that he should not be touched . It should be evident that he does no wrong . He should not be brought too closely to real measurement . He should be aloof and solitary . As the functions of English royalty ...
... monarch can bless , it is best that he should not be touched . It should be evident that he does no wrong . He should not be brought too closely to real measurement . He should be aloof and solitary . As the functions of English royalty ...
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