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In Lord Palmerston ' s time Sir George Grey said that the disestablishment of the
Irish Church . would be an “ act of Revolution ; " it has now been disestablished
by great majorities , with Sir George Grey himself assenting . A new world has ...
In Lord Palmerston ' s time Sir George Grey said that the disestablishment of the
Irish Church . would be an “ act of Revolution ; " it has now been disestablished
by great majorities , with Sir George Grey himself assenting . A new world has ...
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Accordingly , during the whole reigns of George I . and George II . the sentiment
of religious loyalty altogether ceased to support the Crown . The prerogative of
the king had no strong party to support it ; the Tories , who naturally would
support ...
Accordingly , during the whole reigns of George I . and George II . the sentiment
of religious loyalty altogether ceased to support the Crown . The prerogative of
the king had no strong party to support it ; the Tories , who naturally would
support ...
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But it would be a great mistake to believe that at the accession of George III . the
instinctive sentiment of hereditary loyalty at once became as useful as now . It
began to be powerful , but it hardly began to be useful . There was so much harm
...
But it would be a great mistake to believe that at the accession of George III . the
instinctive sentiment of hereditary loyalty at once became as useful as now . It
began to be powerful , but it hardly began to be useful . There was so much harm
...
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The Court is a separate part , which stands aloof from the rest of the London
world , and which has but slender relations with the more amusing part of it The
first two Georges were men ignorant of English , and wholly unfit to guide and
lead ...
The Court is a separate part , which stands aloof from the rest of the London
world , and which has but slender relations with the more amusing part of it The
first two Georges were men ignorant of English , and wholly unfit to guide and
lead ...
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The virtues of Queen Victoria and the virtues of George III . havessunk deep into
the popular heart . We have come to believe that it is natural to Have a virtuous
sovereign , and that the domestic virtues are as likely to be found on thrones as ...
The virtues of Queen Victoria and the virtues of George III . havessunk deep into
the popular heart . We have come to believe that it is natural to Have a virtuous
sovereign , and that the domestic virtues are as likely to be found on thrones as ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Constitution Volume 3 of The Paternoster library |
| Author | Walter Bagehot |
| Publisher | Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1900 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 30 Jul 2008 |
| Length | 292 pages |
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