The Quarterly Review, Volume 220William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1914 |
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... constitutional principle was one of three main difficulties which delayed the progress of reform ; although , being entangled in a mass of other detail , it did not emerge clearly until later . The second great difficulty lay in the ...
... constitutional principle was one of three main difficulties which delayed the progress of reform ; although , being entangled in a mass of other detail , it did not emerge clearly until later . The second great difficulty lay in the ...
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... constitutional question and the difficulty arising from diversity of local naturalisation laws have already been mentioned . Closely connected with the last named was the third great obstacle , which was sheer misunderstanding . In ...
... constitutional question and the difficulty arising from diversity of local naturalisation laws have already been mentioned . Closely connected with the last named was the third great obstacle , which was sheer misunderstanding . In ...
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... constitutional laws . But to go beyond that , and demand that in each part of the Empire the statutory conditions for being received into the King's ligeance should be identical , or even ' substantially the same , ' is to raise an ...
... constitutional laws . But to go beyond that , and demand that in each part of the Empire the statutory conditions for being received into the King's ligeance should be identical , or even ' substantially the same , ' is to raise an ...
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... constitutional point . But the larger aspect of the im- pending reform must always lie in its effect on the development of a Britannic citizenship . Is there to be a common citizenship of the Empire , as the corollary to uniform ...
... constitutional point . But the larger aspect of the im- pending reform must always lie in its effect on the development of a Britannic citizenship . Is there to be a common citizenship of the Empire , as the corollary to uniform ...
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... constitution not exceptionally tough . We must bear in mind this terrible record of suffering if we wish to estimate fairly the character of the man . During his whole life after his conversion he was exposed not only to the hardships ...
... constitution not exceptionally tough . We must bear in mind this terrible record of suffering if we wish to estimate fairly the character of the man . During his whole life after his conversion he was exposed not only to the hardships ...
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Page 537 - Kingdom, at the end of twenty-five years from the date of this our Charter, and at the end of every succeeding period of ten years, to add to, alter, or repeal any of the provisions of this our Charter, or to enact other provisions in substitution for or in addition to any of its existing provisions : Provided that the right and power thus reserved shall be exercised only in relation to so much of this our Charter as relates to administrative and public matters.