The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 8Longmans Green and Company, 1873 |
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... gentlemen have used , as far as I have observed , no arguments which would not apply as strongly to the most moderate change as to that which has been proposed by His Majesty's Government . I say , Sir , that I consider this as a ...
... gentlemen have used , as far as I have observed , no arguments which would not apply as strongly to the most moderate change as to that which has been proposed by His Majesty's Government . I say , Sir , that I consider this as a ...
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... gentlemen who utter them will allow that the change which will be made in our institutions by this bill is far less violent than that which , according to the honourable Baronet , ought to be made if we make any Reform at all . I praise ...
... gentlemen who utter them will allow that the change which will be made in our institutions by this bill is far less violent than that which , according to the honourable Baronet , ought to be made if we make any Reform at all . I praise ...
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... gentlemen who have taken the same side with him in this Debate , have dwelt much on the utility of close and rotten boroughs . It is by means of such boroughs , they tell us , that the ablest men have been introduced into Parliament ...
... gentlemen who have taken the same side with him in this Debate , have dwelt much on the utility of close and rotten boroughs . It is by means of such boroughs , they tell us , that the ablest men have been introduced into Parliament ...
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... gentleman who now represents the county of Water- ford , was a Protestant freeholder in Louth to be punished for the ... gentlemen who are so well able te defend them- selves . I will only say that , in my opinion , the country will not ...
... gentleman who now represents the county of Water- ford , was a Protestant freeholder in Louth to be punished for the ... gentlemen who are so well able te defend them- selves . I will only say that , in my opinion , the country will not ...
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... gentlemen long versed in high political affairs cannot read these signs ? Is it possible that they can really believe that the Represen- tative system of England , such as it now is , will last till the year 1860 ? If not , for what ...
... gentlemen long versed in high political affairs cannot read these signs ? Is it possible that they can really believe that the Represen- tative system of England , such as it now is , will last till the year 1860 ? If not , for what ...
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