An Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution, from the reign of Henry VII. to the present timeLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1865 |
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... representatives . At the Revolution , when the whole question was open , they did not take away a single grain of the powers necessary to maintain the monarchy . So , at the present day , the true reason why the Crown main- tains its ...
... representatives . At the Revolution , when the whole question was open , they did not take away a single grain of the powers necessary to maintain the monarchy . So , at the present day , the true reason why the Crown main- tains its ...
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... representative body . This plan was obviously founded on utility only : in the phrase of its illustrious author , it was a plan to in- fuse new life into the Constitution . ' The American war having placed the misrule of our statesmen ...
... representative body . This plan was obviously founded on utility only : in the phrase of its illustrious author , it was a plan to in- fuse new life into the Constitution . ' The American war having placed the misrule of our statesmen ...
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... representatives of the whole people ; that it was out of all reason to admit into the House of Lords a spendthrift or an idiot , because his father had been a statesman or a favourite ; that the veto of the king was a barbarous ...
... representatives of the whole people ; that it was out of all reason to admit into the House of Lords a spendthrift or an idiot , because his father had been a statesman or a favourite ; that the veto of the king was a barbarous ...
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... representative body , whose election is not so sure , - I mean those who are distinguished by their learning or their talents , but not by their fortune or their commerce with the world ; men who have devoted their youth to the ...
... representative body , whose election is not so sure , - I mean those who are distinguished by their learning or their talents , but not by their fortune or their commerce with the world ; men who have devoted their youth to the ...
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... representative body should be the image of the represented : not that it should represent property only , or multitude only , or farmers , or merchants , or manufacturers only ; not that it should govern . with the pride of an in ...
... representative body should be the image of the represented : not that it should represent property only , or multitude only , or farmers , or merchants , or manufacturers only ; not that it should govern . with the pride of an in ...
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