The English ConstitutionA classic study of the British constitution, paying special attention to how Parliament and the monarchy work. The author frequently draws comparisons with the American Constitution, being generally critical of the American system of government. |
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... sort of Republic then existed . But now France has given an example - M . Thiers is ( with one exception ) just the chef du pouvoir exécutif that I endeavoured more than once in this book to describe . He is appointed by and is ...
... sort of Republic then existed . But now France has given an example - M . Thiers is ( with one exception ) just the chef du pouvoir exécutif that I endeavoured more than once in this book to describe . He is appointed by and is ...
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... sort of taxation tried in America , that of taxing everything , and seeing what everything would yield , could not have been tried under a Govern- ment delicately and quickly sensitive to public opinion . I do not apologise for dwelling ...
... sort of taxation tried in America , that of taxing everything , and seeing what everything would yield , could not have been tried under a Govern- ment delicately and quickly sensitive to public opinion . I do not apologise for dwelling ...
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... sort of magic for religion ; and if we compare that imagined life with the actual life of Europe now , we are overwhelmed at the wide contrast - we can scarcely conceive ourselves to be of the same race as those in the far distance ...
... sort of magic for religion ; and if we compare that imagined life with the actual life of Europe now , we are overwhelmed at the wide contrast - we can scarcely conceive ourselves to be of the same race as those in the far distance ...
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... the greatest impression by appealing to some vague dream of glory , or empire , or nationality . The ruder sort of men - that is , men at one stage of rudeness - will sacrifice all they hope for , all THE CABINET . 7.
... the greatest impression by appealing to some vague dream of glory , or empire , or nationality . The ruder sort of men - that is , men at one stage of rudeness - will sacrifice all they hope for , all THE CABINET . 7.
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... sort of thing — the only sort which yet comes home to the mass of men . So far from the dignified parts of a constitution being necessarily the most useful , they are likely , according to outside pre- sumption , to be the least so ...
... sort of thing — the only sort which yet comes home to the mass of men . So far from the dignified parts of a constitution being necessarily the most useful , they are likely , according to outside pre- sumption , to be the least so ...
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