The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 8Longmans Green and Company, 1873 |
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... look with aversion on monarchy and aristocracy , I should be forced , much against my will , to come to this conclusion , that monarchical and aristocratical institutions are unsuited to my country . Monarchy and aristocracy , valuable ...
... look with aversion on monarchy and aristocracy , I should be forced , much against my will , to come to this conclusion , that monarchical and aristocratical institutions are unsuited to my country . Monarchy and aristocracy , valuable ...
Page 32
... Look at the criminal law , at the civil law , at the modes of conveying lands , at the modes of con- ducting actions . It is by these things that we must judge of our legislators , just as we judge of our manufacturers by the cotton ...
... Look at the criminal law , at the civil law , at the modes of conveying lands , at the modes of con- ducting actions . It is by these things that we must judge of our legislators , just as we judge of our manufacturers by the cotton ...
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... Look at Norwich . Look at Northampton , with a franchise more democratic than even the scot and lot franchise . North- ampton formerly returned Mr. Perceval , and now returns gentlemen of high respectability , gentlemen who have a great ...
... Look at Norwich . Look at Northampton , with a franchise more democratic than even the scot and lot franchise . North- ampton formerly returned Mr. Perceval , and now returns gentlemen of high respectability , gentlemen who have a great ...
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... look forward without great alarm to the effects which the recent decision of the Lords may possibly produce . I do not predict , I do not expect , open , armed insurrection . What I apprehend is this , that the people may engage in a ...
... look forward without great alarm to the effects which the recent decision of the Lords may possibly produce . I do not predict , I do not expect , open , armed insurrection . What I apprehend is this , that the people may engage in a ...
Page 71
... look at the two extreme parties in this country ; a narrow oligarchy above ; an infuriated multitude below ; on the one side the vices engendered by power ; on the other side the vices engendered by distress ; one party blindly averse ...
... look at the two extreme parties in this country ; a narrow oligarchy above ; an infuriated multitude below ; on the one side the vices engendered by power ; on the other side the vices engendered by distress ; one party blindly averse ...
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