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Page 62
... 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 reverenced , a House of Peers that can be really respected , are ...
... 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 reverenced , a House of Peers that can be really respected , are ...
Page 87
... lives after them . He prolonged the American war , perhaps he caused the American war , so we inherit the vestiges of an American hatred ; he forbade Mr. Pitt's wise plans , so we inherit an Irish difficulty . He would not let us do ...
... lives after them . He prolonged the American war , perhaps he caused the American war , so we inherit the vestiges of an American hatred ; he forbade Mr. Pitt's wise plans , so we inherit an Irish difficulty . He would not let us do ...
Page 109
... from that which passed another set . But the greatest defect of the House of Commons is that it has no leisure . The life of the House is the int worst of all lives — a life of distracting routine THE HOUSE OF LORDS . 109.
... from that which passed another set . But the greatest defect of the House of Commons is that it has no leisure . The life of the House is the int worst of all lives — a life of distracting routine THE HOUSE OF LORDS . 109.
Page 110
Walter Bagehot. worst of all lives — a life of distracting routine . It has an amount of business brought before it such as no similar assembly ever has had . The British empire is a miscellaneous aggregate , and each bit of the ...
Walter Bagehot. worst of all lives — a life of distracting routine . It has an amount of business brought before it such as no similar assembly ever has had . The British empire is a miscellaneous aggregate , and each bit of the ...
Page 113
... live in the fear of the middle classes of the grocer and the merchant . They dare not frame a society of enjoyment as the French aristocracy once formed it . Politics are the only occupa- tion a peer has worth the name . He may pursue ...
... live in the fear of the middle classes of the grocer and the merchant . They dare not frame a society of enjoyment as the French aristocracy once formed it . Politics are the only occupa- tion a peer has worth the name . He may pursue ...
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