The English Constitution: And Other Political EssaysD. Appleton, 1877 - 474 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 6-10 de 29
Página 101
... imaginations ; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imagi- nations . The nature of a constitution , the action of an assembly , the play of parties , the unseen formation of a guiding opinion , are ...
... imaginations ; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imagi- nations . The nature of a constitution , the action of an assembly , the play of parties , the unseen formation of a guiding opinion , are ...
Página 108
... imagination , to keep up a strong sentiment of veneration for a foreign adventurer . He lived under the protection of a French king ; what he did was commonly stupid , and what he left undone was very often wise . As soon as Queen Anne ...
... imagination , to keep up a strong sentiment of veneration for a foreign adventurer . He lived under the protection of a French king ; what he did was commonly stupid , and what he left undone was very often wise . As soon as Queen Anne ...
Página 121
... imagination , work off wild thoughts . On men like George III . , with a pre- dominant taste for business occupations , the routine duties of constitutional royalty have doubtless a calm and chastening effect . The insanity with which ...
... imagination , work off wild thoughts . On men like George III . , with a pre- dominant taste for business occupations , the routine duties of constitutional royalty have doubtless a calm and chastening effect . The insanity with which ...
Página 129
... imagination , and see how we should get on without her . Let us strip cabinet government of all its accessories , let us reduce it to its two necessary constituents - a representative assembly ( a House of Commons ) and a cabinet ...
... imagination , and see how we should get on without her . Let us strip cabinet government of all its accessories , let us reduce it to its two necessary constituents - a representative assembly ( a House of Commons ) and a cabinet ...
Página 147
... imagination ; there was a kind of mystic enchant- ment in vicinity to the monarch which divested him of his ordinary nature . " The last peep into the king's closet , " said Mr. Burke , " intoxicates him , and will to the end of his ...
... imagination ; there was a kind of mystic enchant- ment in vicinity to the monarch which divested him of his ordinary nature . " The last peep into the king's closet , " said Mr. Burke , " intoxicates him , and will to the end of his ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
action administration American argument aristocracy assembly better Bill cabinet government called chamber choose constitutional monarch course defect despotic difficulty discussion eager effect elected electors England English Constitution evil excitement executive Executive Government fact fancy feeling foreign function George George III give greatest hereditary House of Commons House of Lords ideas imagination influence intellect interest judgment king labour leader legislation legislature Lord Brougham Lord Melbourne Lord Palmerston matter ment mind minister ministry modern monarch nation nature never opinion Parlia Parliament parliamentary government party peculiar peers perhaps persons political popular premier present President presidential government principle Prof Queen questions Reform rule rulers scarcely seems Sir George Lewis Sir Robert Peel society sort sovereign speak statesman sure theory things thought tion Tory treaty vote Whig whole wish