The English Constitution: And Other Political EssaysD. Appleton, 1877 - 474 páginas |
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... influence upon the minds of our people , who are too apt to look upon all other governments with a kind of bigoted contempt . Our intense politics , chiefly occupied with selfish and sordid interests , and bitter personal rival- ries ...
... influence upon the minds of our people , who are too apt to look upon all other governments with a kind of bigoted contempt . Our intense politics , chiefly occupied with selfish and sordid interests , and bitter personal rival- ries ...
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... influence ; each year removes many old men , makes all others older , brings in many new . The transition is so gradual that we hardly perceive it . The board of directors of the poli- tical company has a few slight changes every year ...
... influence ; each year removes many old men , makes all others older , brings in many new . The transition is so gradual that we hardly perceive it . The board of directors of the poli- tical company has a few slight changes every year ...
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... influenced by ideas , but by facts ; not by 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 ...
... influenced by ideas , but by facts ; not by 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 ...
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... influence in many boroughs and counties the Lords nominated a considerable part of the Commons ; the majority of the other part were the richer gentry - men in most respects like the Lords , and sympathising with the Lords . Under the ...
... influence in many boroughs and counties the Lords nominated a considerable part of the Commons ; the majority of the other part were the richer gentry - men in most respects like the Lords , and sympathising with the Lords . Under the ...
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... influence within a year or two of 1867. The complete consequences of the Act of 1832 upon the House of Lords could not be seen while the Commons were subject to such aristocratic guidance . Much of the change which might have been ...
... influence within a year or two of 1867. The complete consequences of the Act of 1832 upon the House of Lords could not be seen while the Commons were subject to such aristocratic guidance . Much of the change which might have been ...
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