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Page xi
... unwieldy a body as the British Parlia- ment , the British form of Cabinet Government seems simple and effective . In considering a constitution whose changes have so often been of the silent sort , unmarked either INTRODUCTION.
... unwieldy a body as the British Parlia- ment , the British form of Cabinet Government seems simple and effective . In considering a constitution whose changes have so often been of the silent sort , unmarked either INTRODUCTION.
Page xii
Walter Bagehot. so often been of the silent sort , unmarked either by revolutionary violence or dramatic legislation , we are apt to lose our way for want of chronological landmarks , and our sense of proportion for want of political ...
Walter Bagehot. so often been of the silent sort , unmarked either by revolutionary violence or dramatic legislation , we are apt to lose our way for want of chronological landmarks , and our sense of proportion for want of political ...
Page xvi
... sort of speech that on fitting occasions such a King might make to his Ministers . He would address them ( it appears ) somewhat as follows : " The responsibility of these measures is upon you . Whatever you think best must be done ...
... sort of speech that on fitting occasions such a King might make to his Ministers . He would address them ( it appears ) somewhat as follows : " The responsibility of these measures is upon you . Whatever you think best must be done ...
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... sort of magic for religion ; and if we compare that imagined life with the actual life of Europe now , we are overwhelmed at the wide contrast - we can scarcely conceive ourselves to be of the same race as those in the far distance ...
... sort of magic for religion ; and if we compare that imagined life with the actual life of Europe now , we are overwhelmed at the wide contrast - we can scarcely conceive ourselves to be of the same race as those in the far distance ...
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... sort of thing - the only sort - which yet comes home to the mass of men . So far from the dignified parts of a constitution being necessarily the most useful , they are likely , according to outside pre- sumption , to be the least so ...
... sort of thing - the only sort - which yet comes home to the mass of men . So far from the dignified parts of a constitution being necessarily the most useful , they are likely , according to outside pre- sumption , to be the least so ...
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