The English Constitution: And Other Political EssaysD. Appleton, 1877 - 474 páginas |
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... wish to have any attention paid to them . But if the opinion of the nation be strong and be universal , if it be really believed by members of Parliament , as well as by those who send them to Parliament , in my judgment the Lords ...
... wish to have any attention paid to them . But if the opinion of the nation be strong and be universal , if it be really believed by members of Parliament , as well as by those who send them to Parliament , in my judgment the Lords ...
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... wish to oppose the Commons where that plutocracy rules . It is true that a completely new House of Lords , mainly composed of men of ability , selected because they were able , might very likely attempt to make ability the predominant ...
... wish to oppose the Commons where that plutocracy rules . It is true that a completely new House of Lords , mainly composed of men of ability , selected because they were able , might very likely attempt to make ability the predominant ...
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... wish to be ruled by , and a peerage of genius would not compare with it in power . It is true , too , that at present some of the cleverest peers are not so ready as some others to agree with the Commons . But it is not unnatural that ...
... wish to be ruled by , and a peerage of genius would not compare with it in power . It is true , too , that at present some of the cleverest peers are not so ready as some others to agree with the Commons . But it is not unnatural that ...
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... wish of the Opposition leaders is to prove that if they had been in office , and it therefore had been theirs to do it , they could have done it much better . On the other hand , it is quite possible that there may be no real criticism ...
... wish of the Opposition leaders is to prove that if they had been in office , and it therefore had been theirs to do it , they could have done it much better . On the other hand , it is quite possible that there may be no real criticism ...
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... wishes . Probably , if it were considered to be desirable to give to Parliament a more direct control over questions of foreign policy than it possesses now , the better way would be not to require a formal vote to the treaty clause by ...
... wishes . Probably , if it were considered to be desirable to give to Parliament a more direct control over questions of foreign policy than it possesses now , the better way would be not to require a formal vote to the treaty clause by ...
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