The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third, 1760-1860, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1868 - Constitutional history |
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... authority of Parliament A new speaker during the king's incapacity . The commission to open Parliament • The Regency Bill stayed by the king's recovery Comments upon these proceedings Ministerial embarrassments caused by the king's ...
... authority of Parliament A new speaker during the king's incapacity . The commission to open Parliament • The Regency Bill stayed by the king's recovery Comments upon these proceedings Ministerial embarrassments caused by the king's ...
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... authority was restrained within the proper limits of the constitution , the crown was shorn of none of its ancient prerogatives ; but remained , as it had ever been , the source of all power , civil and ecclesiastical , " the fountain ...
... authority was restrained within the proper limits of the constitution , the crown was shorn of none of its ancient prerogatives ; but remained , as it had ever been , the source of all power , civil and ecclesiastical , " the fountain ...
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... authority . The king reigned , but his ministers governed . To an ambitious prince , this natural result of consti- the House tutional government could not fail to be distasteful ; but the rule of the House of Hanover had hitherto been ...
... authority . The king reigned , but his ministers governed . To an ambitious prince , this natural result of consti- the House tutional government could not fail to be distasteful ; but the rule of the House of Hanover had hitherto been ...
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... authority to competent ministers , they acted upon their advice , and aided them by all the means at the disposal of the court . dency of This authority had fallen to the lot of ministers Ascen- connected with the Whig party , to whom ...
... authority to competent ministers , they acted upon their advice , and aided them by all the means at the disposal of the court . dency of This authority had fallen to the lot of ministers Ascen- connected with the Whig party , to whom ...
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... authority of a sovereign from German courts ; and encouraged the prince's natural propensities by the significant advice of " George , be king . " Lord Waldegrave , who had been for some time governor to the prince , describes him as ...
... authority of a sovereign from German courts ; and encouraged the prince's natural propensities by the significant advice of " George , be king . " Lord Waldegrave , who had been for some time governor to the prince , describes him as ...
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