Observations on the Late Presidential Veto: Together with a Plan for a Change of the Constitution Relative to this Power |
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... Patricians . In the reign of the last but one of the Roman Kings , says the tradition which history has adopted , a ... Patrician , could refuse to propose any law if he pleased ; and as the College of Augurs possessed the power of ...
... Patricians . In the reign of the last but one of the Roman Kings , says the tradition which history has adopted , a ... Patrician , could refuse to propose any law if he pleased ; and as the College of Augurs possessed the power of ...
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... Patrician , and of which the Plebeian was the mere instrument and material . This warlike spirit was the real remedy for all the defects , the cure for all the disorders , the source of all the greatness , and at the same time the ...
... Patrician , and of which the Plebeian was the mere instrument and material . This warlike spirit was the real remedy for all the defects , the cure for all the disorders , the source of all the greatness , and at the same time the ...
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... Patricians in the sense of that word in the primeval days of the Roman Kings , — the fathers of each state ; besides representing different combina- tions of interests , and being chosen in a different manner , must on an average ...
... Patricians in the sense of that word in the primeval days of the Roman Kings , — the fathers of each state ; besides representing different combina- tions of interests , and being chosen in a different manner , must on an average ...
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