Critical and Historical Essays1951 |
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Page 89
... constitutional or unconstitutional , they will assuredly find . They will be better governed under a good constitution than under a bad constitution . But they will be better governed under the worst constitution than some other nations ...
... constitutional or unconstitutional , they will assuredly find . They will be better governed under a good constitution than under a bad constitution . But they will be better governed under the worst constitution than some other nations ...
Page 90
under the best . In any general classification of constitutions , the constitution of Scotland must be reckoned as one of the worst , perhaps as the worst , in Christian Europe . Yet the Scotch are not ill governed . And the reason is ...
under the best . In any general classification of constitutions , the constitution of Scotland must be reckoned as one of the worst , perhaps as the worst , in Christian Europe . Yet the Scotch are not ill governed . And the reason is ...
Page 651
... constitution, and large exclusions, cannot sibsist together; that the constitution must destroy them, or they will destroy the constitution." It was not, however, of this little book, valuable and interesting as it is, but of the author ...
... constitution, and large exclusions, cannot sibsist together; that the constitution must destroy them, or they will destroy the constitution." It was not, however, of this little book, valuable and interesting as it is, but of the author ...
Contents
HALLAMS HISTORY | 3 |
RANKES HISTORY OF THE POPES | 31 |
INDEX | 38 |
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