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Page 15
... doubt , be found that one fiftieth part in number and value of the contributors had a larger share of the repre- sentation than the other forty - nine fiftieths . This is not go- vernment by property . It is government by certain ...
... doubt , be found that one fiftieth part in number and value of the contributors had a larger share of the repre- sentation than the other forty - nine fiftieths . This is not go- vernment by property . It is government by certain ...
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... doubt that a House of Commons , chosen freely by the middle classes , will contain many very able men . I do not say , that pre- cisely the same able men who would find their way into the present House of Commons will find their way ...
... doubt that a House of Commons , chosen freely by the middle classes , will contain many very able men . I do not say , that pre- cisely the same able men who would find their way into the present House of Commons will find their way ...
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... doubt that was confiscation . No doubt we took away from the peasants of Munster and Connaught , without giving them a farthing of compensation , that which was as much their property as their pigs or their frieze coats . But we did it ...
... doubt that was confiscation . No doubt we took away from the peasants of Munster and Connaught , without giving them a farthing of compensation , that which was as much their property as their pigs or their frieze coats . But we did it ...
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... doubt a tumult caused by local and temporary irritation ought to be suppressed with promptitude and vigour . Such disturbances , for example , as those which Lord George Gordon raised in 1780 , should be instantly put down with the ...
... doubt a tumult caused by local and temporary irritation ought to be suppressed with promptitude and vigour . Such disturbances , for example , as those which Lord George Gordon raised in 1780 , should be instantly put down with the ...
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... doubt not ; and I doubt not that they will find it : but sudden relief they are far too wise to expect . The bill , says the honorable and learned gentleman , is good for nothing : it is merely theoretical : it removes no real and ...
... doubt not ; and I doubt not that they will find it : but sudden relief they are far too wise to expect . The bill , says the honorable and learned gentleman , is good for nothing : it is merely theoretical : it removes no real and ...
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