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Page 41
... crown was settled on the descendants of the ' Princess Sophia " of Hanover , a younger daughter of a daughter of James I. There were before her James II . , his son , the descendants of a daughter of Charles I. , and elder children of ...
... crown was settled on the descendants of the ' Princess Sophia " of Hanover , a younger daughter of a daughter of James I. There were before her James II . , his son , the descendants of a daughter of Charles I. , and elder children of ...
Page 42
... Crown . The prerogative of the king had no strong party to support it ; the Tories , who naturally would support it , disliked the actual king ; and the Whigs , according to their creed , disliked the king's office . Until the accession ...
... Crown . The prerogative of the king had no strong party to support it ; the Tories , who naturally would support it , disliked the actual king ; and the Whigs , according to their creed , disliked the king's office . Until the accession ...
Page 43
Walter Bagehot. obligation to obey her . When her family came to the Crown it was a sort of treason to maintain the inalien- able right of lineal sovereignty , for it was equivalent to saying that the claim of another family was better ...
Walter Bagehot. obligation to obey her . When her family came to the Crown it was a sort of treason to maintain the inalien- able right of lineal sovereignty , for it was equivalent to saying that the claim of another family was better ...
Page 45
... crown is of no party , Its apparent separation from business is that which removes it both from enmities and from desecra- tion , which preserves its mystery , which enables it to combine the affection of conflicting parties to be a ...
... crown is of no party , Its apparent separation from business is that which removes it both from enmities and from desecra- tion , which preserves its mystery , which enables it to combine the affection of conflicting parties to be a ...
Page 52
... would do evil if it added a new example to our many examples of showy wealth - if it gave the sanction of its dignity to the race of expenditure . Fourthly . We have come to regard the Crown as 52 122 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
... would do evil if it added a new example to our many examples of showy wealth - if it gave the sanction of its dignity to the race of expenditure . Fourthly . We have come to regard the Crown as 52 122 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
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