The English Constitution, and Other Political EssaysAppleton, 1893 - 468 páginas |
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... near chance of obtaining it ; they had asked for it as bargainers ask for the highest possible price , but they never expected to get it . Altogether the Liberals , or at least the INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . 11.
... near chance of obtaining it ; they had asked for it as bargainers ask for the highest possible price , but they never expected to get it . Altogether the Liberals , or at least the INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . 11.
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Walter Bagehot. it . Altogether the Liberals , or at least the extreme Liberals , were much like a man who has been pushing hard against an opposing door till , on a sudden , the door opens , the resistance ceases , and he is thrown ...
Walter Bagehot. it . Altogether the Liberals , or at least the extreme Liberals , were much like a man who has been pushing hard against an opposing door till , on a sudden , the door opens , the resistance ceases , and he is thrown ...
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... least most Englishmen - feel very much , but of which most Englishmen are somewhat ashamed . Accordingly , when any number of men are collected together , each of whom worships rank in his heart , the whole body will patiently hear - in ...
... least most Englishmen - feel very much , but of which most Englishmen are somewhat ashamed . Accordingly , when any number of men are collected together , each of whom worships rank in his heart , the whole body will patiently hear - in ...
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... least all legal titles - and somehow or other it would break up the curious system by which the estates of great families all go to the eldest son . That system is a very artificial one ; you may make a fine argument for it , but you ...
... least all legal titles - and somehow or other it would break up the curious system by which the estates of great families all go to the eldest son . That system is a very artificial one ; you may make a fine argument for it , but you ...
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... least , which are , in the particular cases , outweighed by counter- considerations ; and these " independent members " having no real responsibility , not being likely to be hurt them- selves if they make a mistake , are sure to blurt ...
... least , which are , in the particular cases , outweighed by counter- considerations ; and these " independent members " having no real responsibility , not being likely to be hurt them- selves if they make a mistake , are sure to blurt ...
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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.