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Page 62
... imagine it to be impossible that a nation should thrive or even live with only these two simple elements . But it is upon that possibility that the general imitability of the English Government depends . A monarch that can be truly ...
... imagine it to be impossible that a nation should thrive or even live with only these two simple elements . But it is upon that possibility that the general imitability of the English Government depends . A monarch that can be truly ...
Page 69
... imagine this sort of action greatly exaggerated and greatly prolonged parliamentary government becomes impossible . If there are three parties , no two of which will steadily combine for mutual action , but of which the weakest gives a ...
... imagine this sort of action greatly exaggerated and greatly prolonged parliamentary government becomes impossible . If there are three parties , no two of which will steadily combine for mutual action , but of which the weakest gives a ...
Page 87
... imagine , upon a constitutional throne , an active and meddling fool who always acts when he should not , who never acts when he should , who warns his ministers against their judicious measures , who encourages them in their ...
... imagine , upon a constitutional throne , an active and meddling fool who always acts when he should not , who never acts when he should , who warns his ministers against their judicious measures , who encourages them in their ...
Page 162
... imagine no other . But he would not say so now . There is no worse trade than agi- tation at this time . A man can hardly get an audience if he wishes to complain of anything . Nowadays , not only does the mind and policy of Parliament ...
... imagine no other . But he would not say so now . There is no worse trade than agi- tation at this time . A man can hardly get an audience if he wishes to complain of anything . Nowadays , not only does the mind and policy of Parliament ...
Page 193
... they cut the clothes , but they do not find the body . " Men so trained must come to think the routine of business not a means , but an end- to imagine the elaborate machinery of which they form a CHANGES OF MINISTRY . 193.
... they cut the clothes , but they do not find the body . " Men so trained must come to think the routine of business not a means , but an end- to imagine the elaborate machinery of which they form a CHANGES OF MINISTRY . 193.
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