The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 8Longmans Green and Company, 1873 |
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... representative system such as it is , or to make it perfectly symmetrical . I think , Sir , that the Ministers would have acted unwisely if they had taken either course . Their principle is plain , rational , and consistent . It is this ...
... representative system such as it is , or to make it perfectly symmetrical . I think , Sir , that the Ministers would have acted unwisely if they had taken either course . Their principle is plain , rational , and consistent . It is this ...
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... representative system would produce on the mind of a foreigner , who had heard much of our freedom and greatness . If , Sir , I wished to make such a foreigner clearly understand what I consider as the great defects of our system , I ...
... representative system would produce on the mind of a foreigner , who had heard much of our freedom and greatness . If , Sir , I wished to make such a foreigner clearly understand what I consider as the great defects of our system , I ...
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... representative institutions gave Members to Aldborough when it was as small as it now is , those who would disfranchise it on account of its smallness have no right to say that they are recurring to the original principle of our ...
... representative institutions gave Members to Aldborough when it was as small as it now is , those who would disfranchise it on account of its smallness have no right to say that they are recurring to the original principle of our ...
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... representatives of the people , should not have been held sacred . The proceedings which my honourable friend has mentioned , no more prove that , by the ancient constitution of the realm , this House ought to be a tool of the king and ...
... representatives of the people , should not have been held sacred . The proceedings which my honourable friend has mentioned , no more prove that , by the ancient constitution of the realm , this House ought to be a tool of the king and ...
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... Representatives to Manchester , how can there be any danger in giving Representatives to Manchester ? A virtual Representative is , I presume , a man who acts as a direct Representative would act for surely it would be absurd to say ...
... Representatives to Manchester , how can there be any danger in giving Representatives to Manchester ? A virtual Representative is , I presume , a man who acts as a direct Representative would act for surely it would be absurd to say ...
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