The Development of Parliament During the Nineteenth CenturyLongmans, Green, and Company, 1895 - 183 pages |
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... continued , against the clear sense of the nation , by the personal influence of the king , exercised through the minister and his bought majority ; and it ended in the loss of the American colonies . These were the facts that gave rise ...
... continued , against the clear sense of the nation , by the personal influence of the king , exercised through the minister and his bought majority ; and it ended in the loss of the American colonies . These were the facts that gave rise ...
Page 47
... continued after the Reform Bill to be the accepted creed of both the great parties , and either would have deprecated such an accession of strength to the representative House as should make it in effect the dominant factor in the State ...
... continued after the Reform Bill to be the accepted creed of both the great parties , and either would have deprecated such an accession of strength to the representative House as should make it in effect the dominant factor in the State ...
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... continued after 1832 , the faith of both Whig and Tory chiefs . In pursuing a course of salutary improvement , ' said Earl Grey in 1833 , ' I feel it indispensable that we shall be allowed to proceed with deliberation and caution ; and ...
... continued after 1832 , the faith of both Whig and Tory chiefs . In pursuing a course of salutary improvement , ' said Earl Grey in 1833 , ' I feel it indispensable that we shall be allowed to proceed with deliberation and caution ; and ...
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... continued to depend upon the supremacy of the Protestant sect . That supremacy , therefore , it was only to be expected that the Lords , repre- senting the eighteenth century tradition , should regard as the essential point to be ...
... continued to depend upon the supremacy of the Protestant sect . That supremacy , therefore , it was only to be expected that the Lords , repre- senting the eighteenth century tradition , should regard as the essential point to be ...
Page 132
... continued to " 1 For this attitude consult the Poor Man's Guardian , the organ of the extremer section of the working class in 1831 and 1832. ' The Bill , ' we are told , will only increase the influence of landholders , merchants ...
... continued to " 1 For this attitude consult the Poor Man's Guardian , the organ of the extremer section of the working class in 1831 and 1832. ' The Bill , ' we are told , will only increase the influence of landholders , merchants ...
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