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Page xli
... difficulties are particularly raised by questions of foreign policy . On most domestic subjects , either custom or legislation has limited the use of the pre- rogative . The mode of governing the country , according to the existing laws ...
... difficulties are particularly raised by questions of foreign policy . On most domestic subjects , either custom or legislation has limited the use of the pre- rogative . The mode of governing the country , according to the existing laws ...
Page xlvi
... difficulty it was meant to cure is cured , and the opposing party , if it takes office , will not have that difficulty to deal with . In abstract theory these defects in our present practice would seem exceedingly great , but in ...
... difficulty it was meant to cure is cured , and the opposing party , if it takes office , will not have that difficulty to deal with . In abstract theory these defects in our present practice would seem exceedingly great , but in ...
Page lii
... difficulty in persuading many people that it was possible for a non - monarchical state , for the real chief of the practical Executive -- the Premier as we should call him - to be nominated and to be removable by the vote of the lii ...
... difficulty in persuading many people that it was possible for a non - monarchical state , for the real chief of the practical Executive -- the Premier as we should call him - to be nominated and to be removable by the vote of the lii ...
Page liv
... difficulty , because as a sove- reign it is unstable , capricious , and unruly . The difficulty is the greater because there is no check liv INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
... difficulty , because as a sove- reign it is unstable , capricious , and unruly . The difficulty is the greater because there is no check liv INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION .
Page lv
Walter Bagehot. The difficulty is the greater because there is no check , or little , from the French nation upon the Assembly . The French , as a nation , do not care for or appreciate Parliamentary Government . I have endeavoured to ex ...
Walter Bagehot. The difficulty is the greater because there is no check , or little , from the French nation upon the Assembly . The French , as a nation , do not care for or appreciate Parliamentary Government . I have endeavoured to ex ...
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