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Page xvi
... Queen Victorias and Prince Alberts . But there would also be George the Thirds and George the Fourths ; -in other words , there would be men of character and industry but little ability ; there would also be men of some ability but no ...
... Queen Victorias and Prince Alberts . But there would also be George the Thirds and George the Fourths ; -in other words , there would be men of character and industry but little ability ; there would also be men of some ability but no ...
Page xvii
... Queen ( Victoria ) in a dignified capa- ' city is incalculable ' ; that ' without her in England ' the English Government would fail and pass away ' ( p . 30 ) ; and that ' the “ efficient ” part ( i.e. the Cabinet ' system ) depends ...
... Queen ( Victoria ) in a dignified capa- ' city is incalculable ' ; that ' without her in England ' the English Government would fail and pass away ' ( p . 30 ) ; and that ' the “ efficient ” part ( i.e. the Cabinet ' system ) depends ...
Page xix
... Queen Victoria was performing her ' dignified ' duties , he knew nothing of Downing Street where her Cabinet was ' efficiently ' carrying on the real business of Government . But need such ignorance provoke either surprise or blame ? If ...
... Queen Victoria was performing her ' dignified ' duties , he knew nothing of Downing Street where her Cabinet was ' efficiently ' carrying on the real business of Government . But need such ignorance provoke either surprise or blame ? If ...
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... Queen's servants . Remnants , important remnants , of this great prerogative still remain . The discrimi- nating favour of William IV made Lord Melbourne head of the Whig party when he was only one of several rivals . At the death of ...
... Queen's servants . Remnants , important remnants , of this great prerogative still remain . The discrimi- nating favour of William IV made Lord Melbourne head of the Whig party when he was only one of several rivals . At the death of ...
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... Queen's servants ; the rule which limits the choice of the cabinet to the members of the legislature- are accidents unessential to its definition - historical incidents separable from its nature . Its character- istic is that it should ...
... Queen's servants ; the rule which limits the choice of the cabinet to the members of the legislature- are accidents unessential to its definition - historical incidents separable from its nature . Its character- istic is that it should ...
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