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... once the product and the instrument of partisan separa- tions . They cannot of themselves give us conti- nuity , because partisan majorities have ever proved unstable . They do the Nation's work and on the whole do it well ; but is it ...
... once the product and the instrument of partisan separa- tions . They cannot of themselves give us conti- nuity , because partisan majorities have ever proved unstable . They do the Nation's work and on the whole do it well ; but is it ...
Page xxvii
... has the nature rather of an epilogue than of a prologue , and because the removal leaves the reader free ( as in the first edition ) to open at once on the main theme . THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION NO . I. THE CABINET ' ON.
... has the nature rather of an epilogue than of a prologue , and because the removal leaves the reader free ( as in the first edition ) to open at once on the main theme . THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION NO . I. THE CABINET ' ON.
Page 1
... once true , but of which the truth is ceasing or has ceased . As a man's family go on muttering in his maturity incorrect phrases derived from a just observation of his early youth , so , in the full activity of a his- torical ...
... once true , but of which the truth is ceasing or has ceased . As a man's family go on muttering in his maturity incorrect phrases derived from a just observation of his early youth , so , in the full activity of a his- torical ...
Page 13
... once graphic and authentic , has ever been given . It is said to be sometimes like a rather disorderly board of directors , where many speak and few listen - though no one knows . ' But a cabinet , though it is a committee of the ...
... once graphic and authentic , has ever been given . It is said to be sometimes like a rather disorderly board of directors , where many speak and few listen - though no one knows . ' But a cabinet , though it is a committee of the ...
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... once had thirteen , but they all died in her lifetime , and it was necessary either to revert to the Stuarts or to make a new king by Act of Parliament . According to the Act of Settlement passed by the Whigs , the crown was settled on ...
... once had thirteen , but they all died in her lifetime , and it was necessary either to revert to the Stuarts or to make a new king by Act of Parliament . According to the Act of Settlement passed by the Whigs , the crown was settled on ...
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