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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... never were contem- poraneous in reality . The difficulty is the greater because a writer who deals with a living government naturally compares it with the most important other living govern- ments INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION.
... never were contem- poraneous in reality . The difficulty is the greater because a writer who deals with a living government naturally compares it with the most important other living govern- ments INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION.
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... never- theless , have been a great change in English politics . There has been a change of the sort which , above all , generates other changes -- a change of generation . Gene- rally one generation in politics succeeds another almost ...
... never- theless , have been a great change in English politics . There has been a change of the sort which , above all , generates other changes -- a change of generation . Gene- rally one generation in politics succeeds another almost ...
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... never vote for you again . " Many Radical members who had been asking for years for household suffrage were much more surprised than pleased at the near chance of obtaining it ; they had asked for it as bargainers ask for the highest ...
... never vote for you again . " Many Radical members who had been asking for years for household suffrage were much more surprised than pleased at the near chance of obtaining it ; they had asked for it as bargainers ask for the highest ...
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... never be seen again . Certainly it will very rarely be seen . A bad speaker is said to have been asked how he got on as a candidate . " Oh , " he answered , " when I do not know what to say , I say ' Gladstone , ' and then they are sure ...
... never be seen again . Certainly it will very rarely be seen . A bad speaker is said to have been asked how he got on as a candidate . " Oh , " he answered , " when I do not know what to say , I say ' Gladstone , ' and then they are sure ...
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... never settles its topics ; it can only decide upon the issues of those topics . And in settling what these questions shall be , statesmen have now especially a a great responsibility . If they raise questions which will INTRODUCTION TO ...
... never settles its topics ; it can only decide upon the issues of those topics . And in settling what these questions shall be , statesmen have now especially a a great responsibility . If they raise questions which will INTRODUCTION TO ...
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