The English ConstitutionH. S. King & Company, 1872 - 291 páginas A classic study of the British constitution, paying special attention to how Parliament and the monarchy work. The author frequently draws comparisons with the American Constitution, being generally critical of the American system of government. |
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... influence is not absent . The overt elec- tioneering power of the Lords does not at all equal its real social power . The English plutocracy , as is often said of something yet coarser , must be " humoured not drove ; " they may easily ...
... influence is not absent . The overt elec- tioneering power of the Lords does not at all equal its real social power . The English plutocracy , as is often said of something yet coarser , must be " humoured not drove ; " they may easily ...
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... influence over society while there is still a House of Lords , than they would have if the House of Lords were abolished ; and that though one or two clever young peers might do better in the Commons , the whole order of peers , young ...
... influence over society while there is still a House of Lords , than they would have if the House of Lords were abolished ; and that though one or two clever young peers might do better in the Commons , the whole order of peers , young ...
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... influence . People would say , " it was too clever by half , " and in an Englishman's mouth that means a very severe censure . The English people would think it grossly anomalous if their elected assembly of rich men were thwarted by a ...
... influence . People would say , " it was too clever by half , " and in an Englishman's mouth that means a very severe censure . The English people would think it grossly anomalous if their elected assembly of rich men were thwarted by a ...
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... influential part of the minority were in this case much opposed to excessive antagonism . And this seems to be the best position in which negoti- ators can be placed , namely , that they should be sure to have to account to considerate ...
... influential part of the minority were in this case much opposed to excessive antagonism . And this seems to be the best position in which negoti- ators can be placed , namely , that they should be sure to have to account to considerate ...
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... influence such as certainly no Government has ever had since , and such perhaps as no Government ever had before — that Government proposed to keep a moderate surplus and to apply it to the re- duction of the debt , but even this the ...
... influence such as certainly no Government has ever had since , and such perhaps as no Government ever had before — that Government proposed to keep a moderate surplus and to apply it to the re- duction of the debt , but even this the ...
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