The English ConstitutionHenry S. King & Company, 1872 - 291 páginas |
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Página xxix
... 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 xxxi
... House of Lords were abolished ; and that though one or two clever young peers might do better in the Commons , the whole order of peers , young and old , clever and not clever , is much better where it is . The selfish instinct of the ...
... House of Lords were abolished ; and that though one or two clever young peers might do better in the Commons , the whole order of peers , young and old , clever and not clever , is much better where it is . The selfish instinct of the ...
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... House of Lords should be exercised very timidly and very cautiously . For ... House of Lords in this manner for years , and nothing could prosper better for ... peers , Lord Derby , when leader of that party , desired to create them . As ...
... House of Lords should be exercised very timidly and very cautiously . For ... House of Lords in this manner for years , and nothing could prosper better for ... peers , Lord Derby , when leader of that party , desired to create them . As ...
Página xxxii
Walter Bagehot. average . But in the present English world such a House of ... peers are not so ready as some others to agree with the Commons . But it is ... peer who had fought his way up to the peers , would never think so . Young men ...
Walter Bagehot. average . But in the present English world such a House of ... peers are not so ready as some others to agree with the Commons . But it is ... peer who had fought his way up to the peers , would never think so . Young men ...
Página xxxiii
... Houses of Lords and Commons is to be remedied . To be effectual in that way , life peerages must be very numerous . Now the House ... peers , pro- bably it will sweep away the hereditary principle in the Upper Chamber entirely . Of course one ...
... Houses of Lords and Commons is to be remedied . To be effectual in that way , life peerages must be very numerous . Now the House ... peers , pro- bably it will sweep away the hereditary principle in the Upper Chamber entirely . Of course one ...
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