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Page lviii
... Minister ; and I devoted much space to showing that in one prin- cipal respect the English system is by far the best . The English Premier being appointed by the selection , and being removable at the pleasure , of the preponderant ...
... Minister ; and I devoted much space to showing that in one prin- cipal respect the English system is by far the best . The English Premier being appointed by the selection , and being removable at the pleasure , of the preponderant ...
Page 18
... minister in the executive . * They are sure to quarrel , and the result is sure to satisfy neither . And when the taxes do not yield as they were expected to yield , who is responsible ? Very likely the secretary of the treasury could ...
... minister in the executive . * They are sure to quarrel , and the result is sure to satisfy neither . And when the taxes do not yield as they were expected to yield , who is responsible ? Very likely the secretary of the treasury could ...
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... ministries . When , as of late , there has been a long continuance of divided parliaments , of governments which were without “ brute voting power , " and which depended on intellectual strength , the support of the most influential ...
... ministries . When , as of late , there has been a long continuance of divided parliaments , of governments which were without “ brute voting power , " and which depended on intellectual strength , the support of the most influential ...
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... ministry , rather than for purely legislative reasons . But —and here is the capital distinction - the functions_of ... ministry , it in fact destroyed that ministry . A good parliament , too , is a capital choosing body . If it is fit ...
... ministry , rather than for purely legislative reasons . But —and here is the capital distinction - the functions_of ... ministry , it in fact destroyed that ministry . A good parliament , too , is a capital choosing body . If it is fit ...
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... 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 , and , as such , it rivets mankind . We smile at the ...
... 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 , and , as such , it rivets mankind . We smile at the ...
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