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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Walter Bagehot. once true , but of which the truth is ceasing or has ceased . As a man's family go on muttering in his maturity incor- rect phrases derived from a just observation of his early youth , so , in the full activity of an ...
Walter Bagehot. once true , but of which the truth is ceasing or has ceased . As a man's family go on muttering in his maturity incor- rect phrases derived from a just observation of his early youth , so , in the full activity of an ...
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... truth useless . And other reasoners , who distrust this bare philosophy , have propounded subtle arguments to prove that these dignified parts of old governments are cardinal components of the essential apparatus , great pivots of ...
... truth useless . And other reasoners , who distrust this bare philosophy , have propounded subtle arguments to prove that these dignified parts of old governments are cardinal components of the essential apparatus , great pivots of ...
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... truth its merit consists in their singular approximation . The connecting link is the cabinet . By that new word we mean a committee of the legislative body selected to be the executive body . The legislature has many com- mittees , but ...
... truth its merit consists in their singular approximation . The connecting link is the cabinet . By that new word we mean a committee of the legislative body selected to be the executive body . The legislature has many com- mittees , but ...
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... " This is the most graphic story of a cabinet I ever heard , but I cannot vouch for its truth . Lord Melbourne's is a character about which men make stories . * It is worth observing that even during the short THE CABINET . 15.
... " This is the most graphic story of a cabinet I ever heard , but I cannot vouch for its truth . Lord Melbourne's is a character about which men make stories . * It is worth observing that even during the short THE CABINET . 15.
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... truth childish to heap formal duties of business upon a person who has of necessity so many formal duties of society . It is a remnant of the old days when George III . would know everything , however trivial , and assent to everything ...
... truth childish to heap formal duties of business upon a person who has of necessity so many formal duties of society . It is a remnant of the old days when George III . would know everything , however trivial , and assent to everything ...
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