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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-3 de 79
Página 151
... king to be right , and to have what kings often have , the gift of effectual expression , he could not help moving his minister . He might not always turn his course , but he would always trouble his mind . In the course of a long reign ...
... king to be right , and to have what kings often have , the gift of effectual expression , he could not help moving his minister . He might not always turn his course , but he would always trouble his mind . In the course of a long reign ...
Página 154
... king and against the wishes of the nobility - the first popular minister . We might have expected a proud tribune of the people to be dictatorial to his sovereign - to be to the king what he was to all others . On the contrary , he was ...
... king and against the wishes of the nobility - the first popular minister . We might have expected a proud tribune of the people to be dictatorial to his sovereign - to be to the king what he was to all others . On the contrary , he was ...
Página 155
... king would not like to hear them . In a nearly balanced argument the king must always have the better , and in politics many most important argu- ments are nearly balanced . Whenever there was much to be said for the king's opinion it ...
... king would not like to hear them . In a nearly balanced argument the king must always have the better , and in politics many most important argu- ments are nearly balanced . Whenever there was much to be said for the king's opinion it ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
administration American argument aristocracy assembly authority better Bill cabinet government chamber choose colonial committee constitutional monarch critical Crown defect despotic difficulty discussion duty effect elected electors England English Constitution evil executive executive Government fact feeling foreign function George George III give greatest head hereditary House of Commons House of Lords House of Peers imagine influence interest king lative leader legislation legislature look Lord Palmerston majority matter ment mind minister ministry moderate monarch nation nature never opinion organisation Parlia Parliament Parliamentary Government party peculiar peers perhaps persons plutocracy political popular premier present President presidential government presidential system principle Queen question Reform Act royalty rule rulers Sir George Lewis society sort sovereign speak statesmen stitution sure theory things thought tion Tory treaty truth vote Whig whole wish