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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... respect ; certainly she is far less sensitive than England . In reality America is too rich , daily industry there is too common , too skilful , and too pro- ductive , for her to care much for fiscal burdens . She is applying all the ...
... respect ; certainly she is far less sensitive than England . In reality America is too rich , daily industry there is too common , too skilful , and too pro- ductive , for her to care much for fiscal burdens . She is applying all the ...
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... respect from the common peasantry as the newly- made rich man who sits beside him . The common pea- santry will listen to his nonsense more submissively than to the new man's sense . An old lord will get infinite respect . His very ...
... respect from the common peasantry as the newly- made rich man who sits beside him . The common pea- santry will listen to his nonsense more submissively than to the new man's sense . An old lord will get infinite respect . His very ...
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... respect and admire those who play successfully , and a little despise those who play unsuccessfully . Whether this ... respects wealth in the hands of the inheritor just as much as in the hands of the maker ; it is a simple envy and love ...
... respect and admire those who play successfully , and a little despise those who play unsuccessfully . Whether this ... respects wealth in the hands of the inheritor just as much as in the hands of the maker ; it is a simple envy and love ...
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INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION | v |
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