The English ConstitutionKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1891 - 292 páginas |
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Página xxxi
... peers have , from their great possessions , great electioneering in- fluence , but , as a whole , the House of Peers is not a principal electioneering force . It has so many poor men inside it , and so many rich men outside it , that ...
... peers have , from their great possessions , great electioneering in- fluence , but , as a whole , the House of Peers is not a principal electioneering force . It has so many poor men inside it , and so many rich men outside it , that ...
Página xxxii
... peers , and were still more largely supposed to be held by them , were swept away with a tumult of delight ; and in another similar time of great excitement , the Lords themselves , if they deserve it , might pass away . The democratic ...
... peers , and were still more largely supposed to be held by them , were swept away with a tumult of delight ; and in another similar time of great excitement , the Lords themselves , if they deserve it , might pass away . The democratic ...
Página xxxiii
... peers might do better in the Commons , the old order of peers , young and old , clever and not clever , is much better where it is . The selfish instinct of the mass of peers on this point is a keener and more exact judge of the real ...
... peers might do better in the Commons , the old order of peers , young and old , clever and not clever , is much better where it is . The selfish instinct of the mass of peers on this point is a keener and more exact judge of the real ...
Página xxxiv
... last proposal to make life peers , Lord Derby , when leader of that party , desired to create them . As I have given in this book what seemed to me good reasons for making them , xxxiv INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
... last proposal to make life peers , Lord Derby , when leader of that party , desired to create them . As I have given in this book what seemed to me good reasons for making them , xxxiv INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
Página xxxv
... peers , probably it will sweep away the 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 ...
... peers , probably it will sweep away the 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 ...
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