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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"ship of state"”.
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Wind, Wave, and Generative Metaphor in Greek
A diachronic analysis of the so-called 'Ship of State' metaphor, with the premise that the more sophisticated trope of Archaic lyric poetry is an elaboration of a larger cognitive metaphor that appears in the earliest Greek texts.
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The Anglo-American: Isthmian Diplomacy 1840-1850
Time shapes the destinies of men while the destinies of nations rise and fall in the tides of diplomacy. Oftentimes to avoid shipwreck in tempestuous undulations, the ship of state drops anchor in less resistant waters, sometimes to lose the hunted treasure at the end of the voyage. |Long ago, …
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The ‘rule of the recognised helm’: How does European Union membership impact upon UK Parliamentary sovereignty?
… the way in which European Union (EU) membership has impacted upon historically precedented understandings of UK parliamentary sovereignty. The position adopted is critical of other approaches within a neo-Diceyan, popular sovereigntist and common law paradigm which have accorded too little …
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Auto-America: The Automobile and American Art, Circa 1900-1950
This dissertation explores the theme of the automobile in American visual art in the first half of the twentieth century, specifically as it appears in painting and printmaking. During the period under consideration, the automobile evolved from a technological novelty owned and operated by wealthy …