The English ConstitutionKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1900 - 292 páginas |
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... hereditary estate ; they are men mostly of substantial means , but they are mostly , too , connected more or less closely with the new trading wealth . The spirit of the two Assemblies has become far more contrasted than it ever was ...
... hereditary estate ; they are men mostly of substantial means , but they are mostly , too , connected more or less closely with the new trading wealth . The spirit of the two Assemblies has become far more contrasted than it ever was ...
Página xxxiv
... hereditary estates . But then , too , few things are less likely than an outbreak to destroy the House of Lords- my point is , that a catastrophe which levels one will not spare the other . I conceive , therefore , that the great power ...
... hereditary estates . But then , too , few things are less likely than an outbreak to destroy the House of Lords- my point is , that a catastrophe which levels one will not spare the other . I conceive , therefore , that the great power ...
Página xxxv
... 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 suddenly . But in politics we must not trouble ...
... 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 suddenly . But in politics we must not trouble ...
Página 43
... hereditary loyalty at once became as useful as now . It began to be powerful , but it hardly began to be useful . There was so much harm done by it as well as so much good , that it is quite capable of being argued whether on the whole ...
... hereditary loyalty at once became as useful as now . It began to be powerful , but it hardly began to be useful . There was so much harm done by it as well as so much good , that it is quite capable of being argued whether on the whole ...
Página 55
... hereditary monarch is at these times of incalculable use . It would have been impossible for England to get through the first years after 1688 but for the singular ability of William III . It would have been impossible for Italy to have ...
... hereditary monarch is at these times of incalculable use . It would have been impossible for England to get through the first years after 1688 but for the singular ability of William III . It would have been impossible for Italy to have ...
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