The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 8Longmans Green and Company, 1873 |
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... question . I rest my opinion on no general theory of government . I distrust all general theories of government . I will not positively say , that there is any form of polity which may not , in some con- ceivable circumstances , be the ...
... question . I rest my opinion on no general theory of government . I distrust all general theories of government . I will not positively say , that there is any form of polity which may not , in some con- ceivable circumstances , be the ...
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... question . No particular man is necessary to the State . We may depend on it that , if we provide the country with popular institutions , those in- stitutions will provide it with great men . There is another objection , which , I think ...
... question . No particular man is necessary to the State . We may depend on it that , if we provide the country with popular institutions , those in- stitutions will provide it with great men . There is another objection , which , I think ...
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... questions together ; and he declared that , if the Ministers should either attempt to repeal the Test and Cor ... question also be speedily settled , property , and order , and all the institutions of this great monarchy , will be ...
... questions together ; and he declared that , if the Ministers should either attempt to repeal the Test and Cor ... question also be speedily settled , property , and order , and all the institutions of this great monarchy , will be ...
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... question of right , I come to the question of expediency . I listened , Sir , with much interest and pleasure to a noble Lord who spoke for the first time in this debate . * But I must own that he did not succeed in convincing me that ...
... question of right , I come to the question of expediency . I listened , Sir , with much interest and pleasure to a noble Lord who spoke for the first time in this debate . * But I must own that he did not succeed in convincing me that ...
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... question whether the Bill should pass a dis- cussion arose which lasted three nights . On the morning of the twenty - second of September the House divided ; and the Bill passed by 345 votes to 236. The following Speech was made on the ...
... question whether the Bill should pass a dis- cussion arose which lasted three nights . On the morning of the twenty - second of September the House divided ; and the Bill passed by 345 votes to 236. The following Speech was made on the ...
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