The Development of Parliament During the Nineteenth CenturyLongmans, Green, and Company, 1895 - 183 pages |
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... less than an abdication ? Here is the starting - point of our historical inquiry . The aristocracy of England in the eighteenth century occupied a peculiar position . While they were supreme in fact , their supremacy was exer- cised ...
... less than an abdication ? Here is the starting - point of our historical inquiry . The aristocracy of England in the eighteenth century occupied a peculiar position . While they were supreme in fact , their supremacy was exer- cised ...
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... less severe on their foreign policy . Here , too , he detected the same sordid ends and the same dis- creditable means . Did the aristocracy make war , it was to find pay for the army chiefs , or to sup- press liberty abroad for fear it ...
... less severe on their foreign policy . Here , too , he detected the same sordid ends and the same dis- creditable means . Did the aristocracy make war , it was to find pay for the army chiefs , or to sup- press liberty abroad for fear it ...
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... less than sixty years ; ( c ) 501. leaseholders for a term originally created for not less than twenty years ; ( d ) occupiers of any lands and tene- ments liable to a clear yearly rental of 50l . 3 C. R. Dod's Electoral Facts from 1832 ...
... less than sixty years ; ( c ) 501. leaseholders for a term originally created for not less than twenty years ; ( d ) occupiers of any lands and tene- ments liable to a clear yearly rental of 50l . 3 C. R. Dod's Electoral Facts from 1832 ...
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... less than 300 electors , 30 with less than 400 , and 67 with less than 500 electors . Hansard , vol . cxix . , 264 . 2 See Morley's Cobden , vol . i . , p . 304. The division of the counties was said to work in the same direction ...
... less than 300 electors , 30 with less than 400 , and 67 with less than 500 electors . Hansard , vol . cxix . , 264 . 2 See Morley's Cobden , vol . i . , p . 304. The division of the counties was said to work in the same direction ...
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... less controlled by but the next batch of 100 required so much more ' ( see q . 855 ) . The increase in the number of election petitions is also instructive . Bright gives the following figures ( Hansard , vol . cxxviii . , p . 216 ) ...
... less controlled by but the next batch of 100 required so much more ' ( see q . 855 ) . The increase in the number of election petitions is also instructive . Bright gives the following figures ( Hansard , vol . cxxviii . , p . 216 ) ...
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