The English ConstitutionGarland Pub., 1978 - 291 páginas THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION provides the most lucid and readable account of what has been termed the "Golden Age" of the nineteenth century constitution, before the advent of universal male suffrage and the rise of party as the overriding force in the British policy. Many of Bagehot's insights remain either true, as a statement of basic principle, or even if no longer strictly accurate, fascinating in their partial applicability today. they convey a sharp sense of how the constitution has radically changed since the Victorian era, and yet paradoxically at a more basic level, remained the same. |
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... popular , and some predicted failure . ' No , ' said an old member , ' he will soon educate us down to his level ; the House will soon prefer this Ha ! Ha ! style to the wit of Canning and the gravity of Peel . ' I am afraid that we ...
... popular , and some predicted failure . ' No , ' said an old member , ' he will soon educate us down to his level ; the House will soon prefer this Ha ! Ha ! style to the wit of Canning and the gravity of Peel . ' I am afraid that we ...
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... popular heart , none in whom Liberalism could personify itself and become a passion - who besides were a body long used to opposition , and therefore making blunders in office - who were borne to power by a popular impulse which they ...
... popular heart , none in whom Liberalism could personify itself and become a passion - who besides were a body long used to opposition , and therefore making blunders in office - who were borne to power by a popular impulse which they ...
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... popular , very likely ; still he was half like a popular premier speaking to a high- spirited chamber ; there were limits to his authority and power - limits which he would discover by trying whether eager cheers received his mandate ...
... popular , very likely ; still he was half like a popular premier speaking to a high- spirited chamber ; there were limits to his authority and power - limits which he would discover by trying whether eager cheers received his mandate ...
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PAGE | 115 |
ON CHANGES OF MINISTRY | 156 |
ITS SUPPOSED CHECKS AND BALANCES | 194 |
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