The English ConstitutionKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1900 - 292 páginas |
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... look at the alternative . The competing constituency is the nation itself , and this is , according to theory and ex- perience , in all but the rarest cases , a bad constituency . Mr. Lincoln , at his second election , being elected ...
... look at the alternative . The competing constituency is the nation itself , and this is , according to theory and ex- perience , in all but the rarest cases , a bad constituency . Mr. Lincoln , at his second election , being elected ...
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... look at a country in which the two have within a comparatively short space of years succeeded each other . " The political condition , " says Mr. Grote , ' which Grecian legend everywhere presents to us , is in its prin- cipal features ...
... look at a country in which the two have within a comparatively short space of years succeeded each other . " The political condition , " says Mr. Grote , ' which Grecian legend everywhere presents to us , is in its prin- cipal features ...
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... look to our actual old law , it is wonderful how much the sovereign can do . A few years ago the Queen very wisely attempted to make life Peers , and the House of Lords very unwisely , and contrary to its own best interests , refused to ...
... look to our actual old law , it is wonderful how much the sovereign can do . A few years ago the Queen very wisely attempted to make life Peers , and the House of Lords very unwisely , and contrary to its own best interests , refused to ...
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... look at history , we shall find that it is only during the period of the present reign that in England the duties of a constitutional sovereign have ever been well performed . The first two Georges were ignorant of English affairs , and ...
... look at history , we shall find that it is only during the period of the present reign that in England the duties of a constitutional sovereign have ever been well performed . The first two Georges were ignorant of English affairs , and ...
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... look at the House of Lords under its dignified aspect , and come to regard it under its strictly useful aspect , we find the literary theory of the English Constitution wholly wrong , as usual . This theory says that the House of Lords ...
... look at the House of Lords under its dignified aspect , and come to regard it under its strictly useful aspect , we find the literary theory of the English Constitution wholly wrong , as usual . This theory says that the House of Lords ...
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