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Page lv
... free enough to show its badness . Secondly , the present polity of France is not a copy of the whole effective part of the British Constitution , but only a part of it . By our Constitution INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . lv.
... free enough to show its badness . Secondly , the present polity of France is not a copy of the whole effective part of the British Constitution , but only a part of it . By our Constitution INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . lv.
Page lviii
... whole world of experience since I first wrote . My great object was to contrast the office of President as an executive officer and to compare it with that of a Prime Minister ; and I devoted much space to showing that in one prin ...
... whole world of experience since I first wrote . My great object was to contrast the office of President as an executive officer and to compare it with that of a Prime Minister ; and I devoted much space to showing that in one prin ...
Page lxii
... whole the administration itself is pretty much doing as it likes , and neglecting as it likes , subject always to the check that it must not too much offend the mass of the nation . The nation commonly does not attend , but if by ...
... whole the administration itself is pretty much doing as it likes , and neglecting as it likes , subject always to the check that it must not too much offend the mass of the nation . The nation commonly does not attend , but if by ...
Page lxvi
... whole party would have made it their business to preach it , would have made incessant small motions in Parliament about it , which is the way to popularise their view . And in the end I do not doubt that they would have prevailed ...
... whole party would have made it their business to preach it , would have made incessant small motions in Parliament about it , which is the way to popularise their view . And in the end I do not doubt that they would have prevailed ...
Page lxix
... whole matter , which was then new and very complex , England had to judge with- out having her usual materials for judgment , and ( since the guidance of the " city " on political matter is very quietly and imperceptibly given ) without ...
... whole matter , which was then new and very complex , England had to judge with- out having her usual materials for judgment , and ( since the guidance of the " city " on political matter is very quietly and imperceptibly given ) without ...
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