The English ConstitutionOxford University Press, 1928 - 312 páginas |
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Página xvii
... England ' the English Government would fail and pass away ' ( p . 30 ) ; and that ' the “ efficient ” part ( i.e. the Cabinet ' system ) depends upon the " dignified " part for the ' power which the " efficient ” part requires but ...
... England ' the English Government would fail and pass away ' ( p . 30 ) ; and that ' the “ efficient ” part ( i.e. the Cabinet ' system ) depends upon the " dignified " part for the ' power which the " efficient ” part requires but ...
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... ENGLAND • • 225 IX . ITS HISTORY , AND THE EFFECTS OF THAT HISTORY . - CONCLUSION 241 INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION1 259 1 This Introduction first appeared in the second edition of 1872. It has been here transferred to the end of ...
... ENGLAND • • 225 IX . ITS HISTORY , AND THE EFFECTS OF THAT HISTORY . - CONCLUSION 241 INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION1 259 1 This Introduction first appeared in the second edition of 1872. It has been here transferred to the end of ...
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... England has shown that a govern- ment can be constructed in which these evil ten- dencies exactly check , balance , and destroy one another - in which a good whole is constructed not simply in spite of , but by means of , the counter ...
... England has shown that a govern- ment can be constructed in which these evil ten- dencies exactly check , balance , and destroy one another - in which a good whole is constructed not simply in spite of , but by means of , the counter ...
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... ened as to the relative steps of our long and gradual progress . We have in a great community like England crowds of people scarcely more civilized than the majority of two thousand years ago ; we 330 B THE CABINET 5.
... ened as to the relative steps of our long and gradual progress . We have in a great community like England crowds of people scarcely more civilized than the majority of two thousand years ago ; we 330 B THE CABINET 5.
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... There is another reason which , in an old consti- tution like that of England , is hardly less important . The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as THE CABINET 7.
... There is another reason which , in an old consti- tution like that of England , is hardly less important . The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as THE CABINET 7.
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