The Development of Parliament During the Nineteenth CenturyLongmans, Green, and Company, 1895 - 183 pages |
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... Franchise before the Reform Bill of 1832 and the Control of Parliament by the Aristocracy 3 The Theory of Representative Government held by the Aristo- cracy . 9 The Whig View of Reform • 15 The Criticism of the Aristocracy by the ...
... Franchise before the Reform Bill of 1832 and the Control of Parliament by the Aristocracy 3 The Theory of Representative Government held by the Aristo- cracy . 9 The Whig View of Reform • 15 The Criticism of the Aristocracy by the ...
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... franchise was not only not universal , it was not regulated by any principle at all , whether of property , intelligence , or birth . In the counties it belonged to the 40s . free- holders ; in the boroughs to one or other section of ...
... franchise was not only not universal , it was not regulated by any principle at all , whether of property , intelligence , or birth . In the counties it belonged to the 40s . free- holders ; in the boroughs to one or other section of ...
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... franchise , indeed , as often as not , was regarded by its possessors as a means of making money . Votes were known to fetch as much as 100l . apiece ; 207. was not an uncommon average ; and in the corporate towns it was noticed that as ...
... franchise , indeed , as often as not , was regarded by its possessors as a means of making money . Votes were known to fetch as much as 100l . apiece ; 207. was not an uncommon average ; and in the corporate towns it was noticed that as ...
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... franchise was unequally and capri- ciously distributed that the House of Commons was a real epitome of the nation . / Under a system of universal suffrage every section of the people in a minority would be deprived of political ...
... franchise was unequally and capri- ciously distributed that the House of Commons was a real epitome of the nation . / Under a system of universal suffrage every section of the people in a minority would be deprived of political ...
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... vol . ii . , p . 1346 ; and vol . ix . , p . 372 . in this petition - for the variety of right of 12 THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS DEMOCRACY The Franchise before the Reform Bill of 1832 and the Control Parliament by the Aristocracy.
... vol . ii . , p . 1346 ; and vol . ix . , p . 372 . in this petition - for the variety of right of 12 THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS DEMOCRACY The Franchise before the Reform Bill of 1832 and the Control Parliament by the Aristocracy.
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