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... LORDS 89 THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . ON CHANGES OF MINISTRY No. V. No. VI . دیا • 130 176 No. VII . ITS SUPPOSED CHECKS AND BALANCES No. VIII.
... LORDS 89 THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . ON CHANGES OF MINISTRY No. V. No. VI . دیا • 130 176 No. VII . ITS SUPPOSED CHECKS AND BALANCES No. VIII.
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... House of Lords to the House of Commons . As I have endeavoured in this book to explain , the literary theory of the English Constitu- tion is on this point quite wrong as usual . According to that theory , the two Houses are two ...
... House of Lords to the House of Commons . As I have endeavoured in this book to explain , the literary theory of the English Constitu- tion is on this point quite wrong as usual . According to that theory , the two Houses are two ...
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... Commons . The Reform Act of 1867 has , I think , unmistakably completed the ... House , you will not find that they are in general aristocratic names ... House of Commons is plutocratic , not aristocratic ; its most prominent statesmen ...
... Commons . The Reform Act of 1867 has , I think , unmistakably completed the ... House , you will not find that they are in general aristocratic names ... House of Commons is plutocratic , not aristocratic ; its most prominent statesmen ...
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... House of Lords yield to the Commons when and as often as our new Constitution requires that it should yield . I shall be asked , How often is that , and what is the test by which you know it ? I answer that the House of Lords must yield ...
... House of Lords yield to the Commons when and as often as our new Constitution requires that it should yield . I shall be asked , How often is that , and what is the test by which you know it ? I answer that the House of Lords must yield ...
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Walter Bagehot. the Commons once or more , and then if the Commons send it up again and again , infer that the nation is determined . But no important practical question ... House of Lords ought , xxviii INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
Walter Bagehot. the Commons once or more , and then if the Commons send it up again and again , infer that the nation is determined . But no important practical question ... House of Lords ought , xxviii INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
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