The Development of Parliament During the Nineteenth CenturyLongmans, Green, and Company, 1895 - 183 pages |
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... ( Mozley and Whitely , Law Dictionary ) . 2 Petition drawn up by the Society of Friends of the People , and presented by Grey in 1793 . " counties the influence of the landed gentry was naturally 4 THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS DEMOCRACY.
... ( Mozley and Whitely , Law Dictionary ) . 2 Petition drawn up by the Society of Friends of the People , and presented by Grey in 1793 . " counties the influence of the landed gentry was naturally 4 THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS DEMOCRACY.
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... society as the greatest possible happiness . ' " From a combination of this principle with the first , the following practical problem results : ' so to regulate the motive of self - interest that it shall operate , even against its ...
... society as the greatest possible happiness . ' " From a combination of this principle with the first , the following practical problem results : ' so to regulate the motive of self - interest that it shall operate , even against its ...
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... Society ( 1792 ) , which was composed mainly of artisans , and of which we are told that a great majority of 6 1 Works , vol . ix . , p . 63 . 1 the members were Republicans . ' Bentham was more 32 THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS DEMOCRACY.
... Society ( 1792 ) , which was composed mainly of artisans , and of which we are told that a great majority of 6 1 Works , vol . ix . , p . 63 . 1 the members were Republicans . ' Bentham was more 32 THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS DEMOCRACY.
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... they wanted . Even those of them who professed 1 Add . MS . 27808 , f . 113. A full account of this society will be found there . D to the full the principle of government by the people THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS DEMOCRACY 33.
... they wanted . Even those of them who professed 1 Add . MS . 27808 , f . 113. A full account of this society will be found there . D to the full the principle of government by the people THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS DEMOCRACY 33.
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... society ; the former are compatible with a mon- archical government , the latter postulate a demo- cracy ; and under a democracy , ' he emphatically adds , ' we do not live , and I trust it will never be the fate of the country to live ...
... society ; the former are compatible with a mon- archical government , the latter postulate a demo- cracy ; and under a democracy , ' he emphatically adds , ' we do not live , and I trust it will never be the fate of the country to live ...
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