The English Constitution: And Other Political EssaysD. Appleton, 1877 - 474 páginas |
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... influence of rank to work much more on men singly than on men collectively ; it is an influence which most men - at least most Englishmen — feel very much , but of which most Englishmen are somewhat ashamed . Accordingly , when any ...
... influence of rank to work much more on men singly than on men collectively ; it is an influence which most men - at least most Englishmen — feel very much , but of which most Englishmen are somewhat ashamed . Accordingly , when any ...
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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 ? If we prefer real weight to unreal prestige , why may we not have it ? " The reply is , that the whole body of the Lords have an incalculably greater influence over society while there is still a House of Lords , than they ...
... influence ? If we prefer real weight to unreal prestige , why may we not have it ? " The reply is , that the whole body of the Lords have an incalculably greater influence over society while there is still a House of Lords , than they ...
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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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