The English Constitution: And Other Political EssaysD. Appleton, 1877 - 474 páginas |
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... speaking , it de- scribes its working as it was in the time of Lord Palmer- ston ; and since that time there have been many changes , some of spirit and some of detail . In so short a period there have rarely been more changes . If I ...
... speaking , it de- scribes its working as it was in the time of Lord Palmer- ston ; and since that time there have been many changes , some of spirit and some of detail . In so short a period there have rarely been more changes . If I ...
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... speak of the changes which have taken place either in the Constitution itself or in the competing institutions which illustrate it . It is too soon as yet to attempt to estimate the effect of the Reform Act of 1867. The people ...
... speak of the changes which have taken place either in the Constitution itself or in the competing institutions which illustrate it . It is too soon as yet to attempt to estimate the effect of the Reform Act of 1867. The people ...
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... speak out . Many , perhaps most of the intelligent Conservatives , were fearful of the consequences of the proposal ; but as it was made by the heads of their own party , they did not like to oppose it , and the discipline of party ...
... speak out . Many , perhaps most of the intelligent Conservatives , were fearful of the consequences of the proposal ; but as it was made by the heads of their own party , they did not like to oppose it , and the discipline of party ...
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... speak mathematically , we may easily miss the permanent course of the political curve if we engross our minds with its cusps and conjugate points . Nor , on the other hand , can I sympathise with the objection to life peerages which ...
... speak mathematically , we may easily miss the permanent course of the political curve if we engross our minds with its cusps and conjugate points . Nor , on the other hand , can I sympathise with the objection to life peerages which ...
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... speak their minds to one another ; they maintain an atmosphere of unreality , and everyone always lives in an atmosphere of suppressed ill - feeling . It is the same with nations . The parties concerned would almost always be better for ...
... speak their minds to one another ; they maintain an atmosphere of unreality , and everyone always lives in an atmosphere of suppressed ill - feeling . It is the same with nations . The parties concerned would almost always be better for ...
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