Things that were not much thought of dropped out of sight.

Things that had not often happened did not happen at all.

Thus, for instance, the actual physical force ruling the country, the soldiers and police, grew smaller and smaller, and at last vanished almost to a point.

The people combined could have swept the few policemen away in ten minutes: they did not, because they did not believe it would do them the least good.

They had lost faith in revolutions.
Democracy was dead; for no one minded the governing class governing.
England was now practically a despotism, but not an hereditary one.
Some one in the official class was made King.