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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... wish to say something in detail - I mean the financial events . These lie within the scope of my pecu- liar studies , and it is comparatively easy to judge of them , since whatever may be the case with refined statistical reasoning ...
... wish to say something in detail - I mean the financial events . These lie within the scope of my pecu- liar studies , and it is comparatively easy to judge of them , since whatever may be the case with refined statistical reasoning ...
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... wish to gratify an ambition laudable or blamable ; they wish to promote the measures they think best for the public welfare ; they wish to make their will felt in great affairs . All these mixed motives urge them to oppose the executive ...
... wish to gratify an ambition laudable or blamable ; they wish to promote the measures they think best for the public welfare ; they wish to make their will felt in great affairs . All these mixed motives urge them to oppose the executive ...
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... wish , it is like a large , lazy man , with a small , vicious mind , —it moves slowly and heavily , but it moves at the bidding of a bad intention ; it " means little , but it means that little ill . " And , as the nation is less able ...
... wish , it is like a large , lazy man , with a small , vicious mind , —it moves slowly and heavily , but it moves at the bidding of a bad intention ; it " means little , but it means that little ill . " And , as the nation is less able ...
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... wish to be fatted in idleness , " when he refused to be grand elector in Sièyes ' constitu- tion , which was an office copied , and M. Thiers says , well copied , from constitutional monarchy . But such objec- tions are wholly wrong ...
... wish to be fatted in idleness , " when he refused to be grand elector in Sièyes ' constitu- tion , which was an office copied , and M. Thiers says , well copied , from constitutional monarchy . But such objec- tions are wholly wrong ...
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... Court , and there are arguments for having a splendid Court ; but there are no arguments for having a mean Court . It is better to spend a million in dazzling when you wish to dazzle , than three - quarters E 2 THE MONARCHY . 51.
... Court , and there are arguments for having a splendid Court ; but there are no arguments for having a mean Court . It is better to spend a million in dazzling when you wish to dazzle , than three - quarters E 2 THE MONARCHY . 51.
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