The English Constitution, and Other Political EssaysAppleton, 1893 - 468 páginas |
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... to improve themselves , for they are Labouring the whole day through ; and their early educa- tion was so small that in most cases it is dubious whether , even if they had much time , they could use INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . 9.
... to improve themselves , for they are Labouring the whole day through ; and their early educa- tion was so small that in most cases it is dubious whether , even if they had much time , they could use INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . 9.
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... early youth , so , in the full activity of an historical constitution , its subjects repeat phrases true in the time of their fathers , and inculcated by those fathers , but now true no longer . Or , if I may say so , an ancient and ...
... early youth , so , in the full activity of an historical constitution , its subjects repeat phrases true in the time of their fathers , and inculcated by those fathers , but now true no longer . Or , if I may say so , an ancient and ...
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... strange fact , though the most certain in nature , is the unequal development of the human race . If we look back to the early ages of mankind , such as we seem in the faint distance to see them - if THE CABINET . 73.
... strange fact , though the most certain in nature , is the unequal development of the human race . If we look back to the early ages of mankind , such as we seem in the faint distance to see them - if THE CABINET . 73.
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... early acquired feebleness of hereditary dynasties , that we must expect him to be a man of inferior ability . Theory and experience both teach that the education of a prince can be but a poor education , and that a royal family will ...
... early acquired feebleness of hereditary dynasties , that we must expect him to be a man of inferior ability . Theory and experience both teach that the education of a prince can be but a poor education , and that a royal family will ...
Página 154
... early to reign - who in his youth is superior to pleasure who in his youth is willing to labour - who has by nature a genius for discretion . Such kings are among God's greatest gifts , but they are also among His rarest . An ordinary ...
... early to reign - who in his youth is superior to pleasure who in his youth is willing to labour - who has by nature a genius for discretion . Such kings are among God's greatest gifts , but they are also among His rarest . An ordinary ...
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Página 162 - Having once given her sanction to a measure, that it be not arbitrarily altered or modified by the Minister ; such an act she must consider as failing in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her Constitutional right of dismissing that Minister.
Página 315 - After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes. These I enlarged in 1844 into a sketch of the conclusions which then seemed to me probable. From that period to the present day I have steadily pursued the same object. I hope that I may be excused for entering on these personal details, as I give them to show that I have not been hasty in coming to a decision.
Página 44 - ... she could sell off all our ships of war and all our naval stores; she could make a peace by the sacrifice of Cornwall, and begin a war for the conquest of Brittany. She could make every citizen in the United Kingdom, male or female, a peer; she could make every parish in the United Kingdom a 'university'; she could dismiss most of the civil servants; she could pardon all offenders. In a word, the Queen could by prerogative upset all the action of civil government within the government, could...
Página 102 - hyphen which joins, a buckle which fastens the legislative part of the State to the executive part".
Página 98 - The efficient secret of the English Constitution may be described as the close union, the nearly complete fusion, of the executive and legislative powers.