The English ConstitutionT. Nelson, 1919 - 300 páginas |
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... 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 its ...
... 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 its ...
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... House of Lords were abolished ; and that though one or two clever young 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 ...
... House of Lords were abolished ; and that though one or two clever young 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 ...
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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 ... 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 ... peers , Lord Derby , when leader of that party , desired to create them . As ...
Página xxxv
... 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 , probably it will sweep away the hereditary principle in the Upper Chamber entirely . Of course ...
... 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 , probably it will sweep away the hereditary principle in the Upper Chamber entirely . Of course ...
Página xxxvi
... peers are just as likely to oppose the Commons as stupid peers . But this I deny . Most clever men who are in such a good place as the House of Lords plainly is , will be very unwilling to lose it if they can help it ; at the clear call ...
... peers are just as likely to oppose the Commons as stupid peers . But this I deny . Most clever men who are in such a good place as the House of Lords plainly is , will be very unwilling to lose it if they can help it ; at the clear call ...
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