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Page 37
... the idea of a constitution -- unable to feel the least attachment to impersonal laws . Most do indeed vaguely know that there are some other institutions besides the Queen , and some rules by which she governs . But a vast THE MONARCHY .
... the idea of a constitution -- unable to feel the least attachment to impersonal laws . Most do indeed vaguely know that there are some other institutions besides the Queen , and some rules by which she governs . But a vast THE MONARCHY .
Page 38
... least - care fifty times more for a marriage than a ministry . All but a few cynics like to see a pretty novel touching for a moment the dry scenes of the grave world . A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact ...
... least - care fifty times more for a marriage than a ministry . All but a few cynics like to see a pretty novel touching for a moment the dry scenes of the grave world . A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact ...
Page 46
... least a nation of pure philosophers . It would be a very serious matter to us to change every four or five years the visible head of our world . We are not now remarkable for the highest sort of ambition ; but we are remarkable for ...
... least a nation of pure philosophers . It would be a very serious matter to us to change every four or five years the visible head of our world . We are not now remarkable for the highest sort of ambition ; but we are remarkable for ...
Page 47
... , and what was farthest least . The idea that the head of the government is the head of society is so fixed in the ideas of mankind that only a few philosophers regard it as historical and accidental , though when the THE MONARCHY . 47.
... , and what was farthest least . The idea that the head of the government is the head of society is so fixed in the ideas of mankind that only a few philosophers regard it as historical and accidental , though when the THE MONARCHY . 47.
Page 51
... least supposed to be possible , are lost in a London July . Careful observers have long perceived this , but it was made palpable to every one by the death of the Prince Consort . Since then the Court has been always in a state of ...
... least supposed to be possible , are lost in a London July . Careful observers have long perceived this , but it was made palpable to every one by the death of the Prince Consort . Since then the Court has been always in a state of ...
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