The Development of Parliament During the Nineteenth CenturyLongmans, Green, and Company, 1895 - 183 pages |
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... position . While they were supreme in fact , their supremacy was exer- cised under the forms of a constitution which contained , in theory at least , a popular element . The House of Commons , as we read in so con- servative an ...
... position . While they were supreme in fact , their supremacy was exer- cised under the forms of a constitution which contained , in theory at least , a popular element . The House of Commons , as we read in so con- servative an ...
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... position and their social prestige ; but under the existing system it was further extended to the boroughs . The members returned to Parlia- ment by a green mound ' or ' a stone wall with three niches in it ' were nominees of the gentle ...
... position and their social prestige ; but under the existing system it was further extended to the boroughs . The members returned to Parlia- ment by a green mound ' or ' a stone wall with three niches in it ' were nominees of the gentle ...
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... position to bribe those who were not his nominees . This , indeed , was a recognised part of his business , and the usual mode of securing a majority . Repre- sentatives who had bought their seats expected a return for their money . As ...
... position to bribe those who were not his nominees . This , indeed , was a recognised part of his business , and the usual mode of securing a majority . Repre- sentatives who had bought their seats expected a return for their money . As ...
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... position of the aristocracy in the eighteenth century . Its weak- ness , it will be perceived , resided in two points . In the first place , the constitution , which in prac- tice was the tool of a privileged class , in theory admitted ...
... position of the aristocracy in the eighteenth century . Its weak- ness , it will be perceived , resided in two points . In the first place , the constitution , which in prac- tice was the tool of a privileged class , in theory admitted ...
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... position was exposed to a double attack ; on the one hand the theory was discrepant with the fact , on the other the discrepancy was main- tained by a gross and notorious abuse of influence . In the second place the very machinery which ...
... position was exposed to a double attack ; on the one hand the theory was discrepant with the fact , on the other the discrepancy was main- tained by a gross and notorious abuse of influence . In the second place the very machinery which ...
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