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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... sovereigns , just as they had been willing to take an old lady who was the second cousin of his great - great- grandmother . So it is now . If you ask the immense majority of the Queen's subjects by what right she rules , they would ...
... sovereigns , just as they had been willing to take an old lady who was the second cousin of his great - great- grandmother . So it is now . If you ask the immense majority of the Queen's subjects by what right she rules , they would ...
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... sovereign , and everything ranged itself round the sovereign - what was next to be greatest , and what was farthest least . The idea that the head of the government is the head of society is so fixed in the ideas of mankind that only a ...
... sovereign , and everything ranged itself round the sovereign - what was next to be greatest , and what was farthest least . The idea that the head of the government is the head of society is so fixed in the ideas of mankind that only a ...
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... Victoria and the virtues of George III . have sunk deep into the popular heart . We have come to believe that it is natural to have a virtuous sovereign , and that the domestic virtues are 52 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
... Victoria and the virtues of George III . have sunk deep into the popular heart . We have come to believe that it is natural to have a virtuous sovereign , and that the domestic virtues are 52 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
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Walter Bagehot. a virtuous sovereign , and that the domestic virtues are as likely to be found on thrones as they are eminent when there . But a little experience and less thought show that royalty cannot take credit for domestic ...
Walter Bagehot. a virtuous sovereign , and that the domestic virtues are as likely to be found on thrones as they are eminent when there . But a little experience and less thought show that royalty cannot take credit for domestic ...
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... the English state of civilisation they are invaluable . Of the actual business of the sovereign -- the real work the Queen does - I shall speak in my next paper . 57 No. III . THE MONARCHY ( Continued ) . 56 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
... the English state of civilisation they are invaluable . Of the actual business of the sovereign -- the real work the Queen does - I shall speak in my next paper . 57 No. III . THE MONARCHY ( Continued ) . 56 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
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