The English ConstitutionH. S. King & Company, 1872 - 291 стор. A 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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... effected grave alterations . The mere settlement of the Reform question made a great change too . If it could have been settled by any other change , or even without any change , the INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . ix.
... effected grave alterations . The mere settlement of the Reform question made a great change too . If it could have been settled by any other change , or even without any change , the INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION . ix.
Сторінка x
... questions would have appeared at once . A political country is like an American forest : you have only to cut down the old trees , and immediately new trees come up to replace them ; the seeds were waiting in the ground , and they began ...
... questions would have appeared at once . A political country is like an American forest : you have only to cut down the old trees , and immediately new trees come up to replace them ; the seeds were waiting in the ground , and they began ...
Сторінка xiii
... question now is , How far will this peculiar old system continue and how far will it be altered ? I am afraid I must ... questions than the old voters . There was indeed an idea - a very prevalent idea when the first edition of this book ...
... question now is , How far will this peculiar old system continue and how far will it be altered ? I am afraid I must ... questions than the old voters . There was indeed an idea - a very prevalent idea when the first edition of this book ...
Сторінка xiv
... question is , Will they submit to it , will they defer in the same way to wealth and rank , and to the higher quali- ties of which these are the rough symbols and the common accompaniments ? There is a peculiar difficulty in answering ...
... question is , Will they submit to it , will they defer in the same way to wealth and rank , and to the higher quali- ties of which these are the rough symbols and the common accompaniments ? There is a peculiar difficulty in answering ...
Сторінка xvii
... questions which drift down to it , and are brought before it ; it almost never settles its topics ; it can only decide upon the issues of those topics . And in settling what these questions shall be , statesmen have now especially a a ...
... questions which drift down to it , and are brought before it ; it almost never settles its topics ; it can only decide upon the issues of those topics . And in settling what these questions shall be , statesmen have now especially a a ...
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