Bagehot
Americannoun
noun
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Bagehot, who was as versatile as Nicholas Biddle, brought out what he called his “little book” in response to the collapse of a London bank.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Some 150 years ago, the acclaimed constitutional writer Walter Bagehot wrote that the British monarchy needed reverence and mystery.
From Reuters • Jan. 10, 2023
As the Victorian commentator Walter Bagehot wrote of royal mystique: “We must not let in the daylight upon magic.”
From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2022
The interactions between what the 19th Century writer Walter Bagehot described as the "dignified" and "efficient" elements of a constitution - illustrated in the UK's model of governance.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2022
Hazlitt has long appealed to men of vigorous character and acute intellect, men like Landor, Froude, Walter Bagehot, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Ernest Henley, who have either proclaimed his praise or flattered him with imitation.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
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