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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... things which 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 ...
... things which 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 ...
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... things palpable , but by things impalpable . Not to put too fine a point upon it , they were influenced by rank and wealth . No doubt the better sort of them believed that those who were superior to them in these indisputable respects ...
... things palpable , but by things impalpable . Not to put too fine a point upon it , they were influenced by rank and wealth . No doubt the better sort of them believed that those who were superior to them in these indisputable respects ...
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... thing looks like injustice , and in a time of popular passion it would not stand . Much short of the compulsory equal division of the Code Napoleon , stringent clauses might be provided to obstruct and prevent these great aggregations ...
... thing looks like injustice , and in a time of popular passion it would not stand . Much short of the compulsory equal division of the Code Napoleon , stringent clauses might be provided to obstruct and prevent these great aggregations ...
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... things certainly are less likely than a violent tempest like this to destroy large and 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 ...
... things certainly are less likely than a violent tempest like this to destroy large and 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 ...
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... thing which can endanger the Lords , or which will make an individual peer cease to be a peer . The greater you make the sense of the Lords , the more they will see that their plain interest is to make friends of the plutocracy , and to ...
... thing which can endanger the Lords , or which will make an individual peer cease to be a peer . The greater you make the sense of the Lords , the more they will see that their plain interest is to make friends of the plutocracy , and to ...
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