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... House of Commons by Edward Stanley , was limited to doing away with abuses , such as pluralities and absentee incumbents , but any revenue so saved was to be distributed within the Church and not to be used for any secular purpose . It ...
... House of Commons by Edward Stanley , was limited to doing away with abuses , such as pluralities and absentee incumbents , but any revenue so saved was to be distributed within the Church and not to be used for any secular purpose . It ...
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... House of Commons , he and his party would have been in closer touch , and united action would have engendered some degree of warmth . In the chill and silence of the hostile House of Lords , he heard and felt little of the stir of new ...
... House of Commons , he and his party would have been in closer touch , and united action would have engendered some degree of warmth . In the chill and silence of the hostile House of Lords , he heard and felt little of the stir of new ...
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... House of Lords , and in this capacity had to bear the brunt of the constant collisions which occurred between the two Houses and which eventually resulted in the Parliament Bill . For some years there had been a tendency for the Lords ...
... House of Lords , and in this capacity had to bear the brunt of the constant collisions which occurred between the two Houses and which eventually resulted in the Parliament Bill . For some years there had been a tendency for the Lords ...
Contents
Foreword | 11 |
Early Elections | 19 |
Gaming and the Betting Book I | 35 |
Copyright | |
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