On Parliamentary Government in England: Its Origin, Development, and Practical Operation, Volume 1 |
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... continued unchanged , the prin- ciple of growth and development has been at work , and has silently effected numerous and important alterations in all our governmental institutions . For instance , the prerogative of the crown to veto ...
... continued unchanged , the prin- ciple of growth and development has been at work , and has silently effected numerous and important alterations in all our governmental institutions . For instance , the prerogative of the crown to veto ...
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... continued.'b 6 During this period , and more or less until the epoch of the Revolution of 1688 , the government of the country was carried on by virtue of the king's prerogative . So long as the House of Commons was merely regarded as a ...
... continued.'b 6 During this period , and more or less until the epoch of the Revolution of 1688 , the government of the country was carried on by virtue of the king's prerogative . So long as the House of Commons was merely regarded as a ...
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... continued to retain the confidence of their own party . Charles I. never promoted any parliamentary leader to office until he had lost all power and popularity amongst his former associates by an avowed desertion to the separate party ...
... continued to retain the confidence of their own party . Charles I. never promoted any parliamentary leader to office until he had lost all power and popularity amongst his former associates by an avowed desertion to the separate party ...
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... continued to advance , yet the security for the public welfare depended too much upon the personal character of the monarch , and his ability to rule with foresight and beneficence . Herein consisted the peculiar weakness of government ...
... continued to advance , yet the security for the public welfare depended too much upon the personal character of the monarch , and his ability to rule with foresight and beneficence . Herein consisted the peculiar weakness of government ...
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... continued infraction of popular rights , proved the necessity for a vital change in the practice , if not in the theory of the constitution . Upon the occurrence of the Revolution of 1688 , the attention of the most eminent statesmen ...
... continued infraction of popular rights , proved the necessity for a vital change in the practice , if not in the theory of the constitution . Upon the occurrence of the Revolution of 1688 , the attention of the most eminent statesmen ...
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