The MonarchyChatto & Windus, 1990 - 42 síður Part of a series, this book submits a proposal for the admission of republican principles into the national debate. The author examines the Royals as a national fetish that encourages servile but also snobbish attitudes. He calls for constitutional and political reform. |
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... demotic and levelling flavour to their outlandish and usually ignored reservations , have foolishly stressed the large private holdings in land , property and specie which are enjoyed by the Crown and added to by the Civil List . This 5.
... demotic and levelling flavour to their outlandish and usually ignored reservations , have foolishly stressed the large private holdings in land , property and specie which are enjoyed by the Crown and added to by the Civil List . This 5.
Síða 25
... land a partaker in the mystery of the Queen's anointing . But the Queen also stands for the soul as well as for the body of the Commonwealth . In her is incarnate on her Coronation the whole of society , of which the State is no more ...
... land a partaker in the mystery of the Queen's anointing . But the Queen also stands for the soul as well as for the body of the Commonwealth . In her is incarnate on her Coronation the whole of society , of which the State is no more ...
Síða 38
... Land of the Lion ! Each clear creature , crystal - bright , Honey - lit with lion - light , All dreaming together ... lands look bare . A Queen's life is hard . Yet a Queen reigns Over the dream of her people , or nowhere . Probably true ...
... Land of the Lion ! Each clear creature , crystal - bright , Honey - lit with lion - light , All dreaming together ... lands look bare . A Queen's life is hard . Yet a Queen reigns Over the dream of her people , or nowhere . Probably true ...
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The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favourite Fetish Christopher Hitchens Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2012 |
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