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... naturally desirous that there should be an accurate record of what had passed in a debate deeply interesting to them . It was not corrected by me : but it generally , though not uni- formly , exhibits with fidelity the substance of what ...
... naturally desirous that there should be an accurate record of what had passed in a debate deeply interesting to them . It was not corrected by me : but it generally , though not uni- formly , exhibits with fidelity the substance of what ...
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... naturally superior to our own countrymen . But , unhappily , the labouring classes in England , and in all old ... natural effects , those effects which it would produce on the Americans , or on any other people , that it blinds ...
... naturally superior to our own countrymen . But , unhappily , the labouring classes in England , and in all old ... natural effects , those effects which it would produce on the Americans , or on any other people , that it blinds ...
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... natural allies ? My noble friend , the Paymaster of the Forces , happily described the effect which some parts of our representative system would produce on the mind of a foreigner , who had heard much of our freedom and greatness . If ...
... natural allies ? My noble friend , the Paymaster of the Forces , happily described the effect which some parts of our representative system would produce on the mind of a foreigner , who had heard much of our freedom and greatness . If ...
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... natural growth of society went on , the artificial polity continued unchanged . The ancient form of the representation remained ; and precisely because the form remained , the spirit departed , Then came that pressure 16 PARLIAMENTARY ...
... natural growth of society went on , the artificial polity continued unchanged . The ancient form of the representation remained ; and precisely because the form remained , the spirit departed , Then came that pressure 16 PARLIAMENTARY ...
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... natural that it should be so . The House of Commons is , in the language of Mr. Burke , a check , not on the people , but for the people . While that check is efficient , there is no reason to fear that the King or the nobles will ...
... natural that it should be so . The House of Commons is , in the language of Mr. Burke , a check , not on the people , but for the people . While that check is efficient , there is no reason to fear that the King or the nobles will ...
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