Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 2Longmans, Green, 1877 |
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... constitution as we have ; but they had that without which the best constitution is as useless as the king's proclama- tion against vice and immorality , that which , without any constitution , keeps rulers in awe , force , and the ...
... constitution as we have ; but they had that without which the best constitution is as useless as the king's proclama- tion against vice and immorality , that which , without any constitution , keeps rulers in awe , force , and the ...
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... constitutional organs . But some influence , direct or indirect , they will assuredly possess . Some organ , constitutional or unconstitutional , they will assuredly find . They will ... constitution than under a 18 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
... constitutional organs . But some influence , direct or indirect , they will assuredly possess . Some organ , constitutional or unconstitutional , they will assuredly find . They will ... constitution than under a 18 BURLEIGH AND HIS TIMES .
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... constitution . But they will be better governed under the worst constitution than some other nations under the best . In any general classi- fication of constitutions , the constitution of Scotland must be reckoned as one of the worst ...
... constitution . But they will be better governed under the worst constitution than some other nations under the best . In any general classi- fication of constitutions , the constitution of Scotland must be reckoned as one of the worst ...
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... constitution . They called themselves citizens . They mixed unceremoniously with other citizens . In theory they were only the elective magistrates of a free commonwealth . Instead of arrogating to them- selves despotic power , they ...
... constitution . They called themselves citizens . They mixed unceremoniously with other citizens . In theory they were only the elective magistrates of a free commonwealth . Instead of arrogating to them- selves despotic power , they ...
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... constitution generates may for a time survive that constitution . Thus the reigns of princes who have established absolute monarchy on the ruins of popular forms of government often shine in history with a peculiar brilliancy . But when ...
... constitution generates may for a time survive that constitution . Thus the reigns of princes who have established absolute monarchy on the ruins of popular forms of government often shine in history with a peculiar brilliancy . But when ...
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