The English ConstitutionKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1900 - 292 páginas |
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Página vii
... by side in his representations things which never were con- temporaneous in reality . The difficulty is the greater because a writer who deals with a living government naturally compares it with the most important other living governments.
... by side in his representations things which never were con- temporaneous in reality . The difficulty is the greater because a writer who deals with a living government naturally compares it with the most important other living governments.
Página xiii
... things palpable , but by things impalpable . Not to put too fine a point upon it , they were influenced by rank and wealth . No doubt the better sort of them believed that those who were superior to them in these indisputable respects ...
... things palpable , but by things impalpable . Not to put too fine a point upon it , they were influenced by rank and wealth . No doubt the better sort of them believed that those who were superior to them in these indisputable respects ...
Página xxxiii
... thing looks like injustice , and in a time of popular passion it would not stand . Much short of the compulsory equal division of the Code Napoleon , stringent clauses might be provided to obstruct and prevent these great aggrega- tions ...
... thing looks like injustice , and in a time of popular passion it would not stand . Much short of the compulsory equal division of the Code Napoleon , stringent clauses might be provided to obstruct and prevent these great aggrega- tions ...
Página xxxiv
... things certainly are less likely than a violent tempest like this to destroy large and 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 ...
... things certainly are less likely than a violent tempest like this to destroy large and 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 ...
Página xxxvi
... thing which can endanger the Lords , or which will make an individual peer cease to be a peer . The greater you make the sense of the Lords , the more they will see that their plain interest is to make friends of the plutocracy , and to ...
... thing which can endanger the Lords , or which will make an individual peer cease to be a peer . The greater you make the sense of the Lords , the more they will see that their plain interest is to make friends of the plutocracy , and to ...
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