The English ConstitutionKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1900 - 292 páginas |
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... monarch . A nation which does not expect good from a Parliament , cannot check or punish a Par- liament . France expects , I fear , too little from her Parliaments ever to get what she ought . Now that the suffrage is universal , the ...
... monarch . A nation which does not expect good from a Parliament , cannot check or punish a Par- liament . France expects , I fear , too little from her Parliaments ever to get what she ought . Now that the suffrage is universal , the ...
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... monarch , we must not think of it as much more . It is too singular in its nature and too peculiar in its accidents to be a guide to anything except itself . In this essay I have made many remarks on the American Constitution , in ...
... monarch , we must not think of it as much more . It is too singular in its nature and too peculiar in its accidents to be a guide to anything except itself . In this essay I have made many remarks on the American Constitution , in ...
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... monarch . But the mass of the English people do not think so ; they agree with the oath of allegiance ; they say it is their duty to obey the " Queen , " and they have but hazy notions as to obeying laws without a queen . In former ...
... monarch . But the mass of the English people do not think so ; they agree with the oath of allegiance ; they say it is their duty to obey the " Queen , " and they have but hazy notions as to obeying laws without a queen . In former ...
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... monarch , and so they tried very hard to make a new one . Events , however , were too strong for them . They were ready and eager to take Queen Anne as the stock of a new dynasty ; they were ready to ignore the claims of her father and ...
... monarch , and so they tried very hard to make a new one . Events , however , were too strong for them . They were ready and eager to take Queen Anne as the stock of a new dynasty ; they were ready to ignore the claims of her father and ...
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... of Sièyes brings the excellence of real monarchy to the best light . When a monarch can bless , it is best that he should not be touched . It should be He should not be evident that he does no wrong 44 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
... of Sièyes brings the excellence of real monarchy to the best light . When a monarch can bless , it is best that he should not be touched . It should be He should not be evident that he does no wrong 44 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
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