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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... party who may have to decide similar things , or even the same things , themselves will not permit it . They refuse , out of interest as well as out of patriotism , to engage the country in a permanent foreign scrape , to secure for ...
... party who may have to decide similar things , or even the same things , themselves will not permit it . They refuse , out of interest as well as out of patriotism , to engage the country in a permanent foreign scrape , to secure for ...
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... party malice is then expended , be- cause there is nothing to check the party in opposition . The treaty has been made , and though it may be censured , and the party which made it ousted , yet the difficulty it was meant to cure is ...
... party malice is then expended , be- cause there is nothing to check the party in opposition . The treaty has been made , and though it may be censured , and the party which made it ousted , yet the difficulty it was meant to cure is ...
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... party too a foreign country -- and the feelings of that country are to be considered as well as our own . And that foreign country will , probably , in the present state of the world be a despotic one , where INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND ...
... party too a foreign country -- and the feelings of that country are to be considered as well as our own . And that foreign country will , probably , in the present state of the world be a despotic one , where INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND ...
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... party , almost every section of a party , begins not to clamour but to scream , and to scream as only Frenchmen can , as soon as it hears anything which it particularly dislikes . With an Assembly in this temper c2 INTRODUCTION TO ...
... party , almost every section of a party , begins not to clamour but to scream , and to scream as only Frenchmen can , as soon as it hears anything which it particularly dislikes . With an Assembly in this temper c2 INTRODUCTION TO ...
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... party , he is maintained in office by a party ; and that party requires that as they aid him , he shall aid them ; that as they give him the very best thing in the State , he shall give them the next best things . But M. Thiers is under ...
... party , he is maintained in office by a party ; and that party requires that as they aid him , he shall aid them ; that as they give him the very best thing in the State , he shall give them the next best things . But M. Thiers is under ...
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