The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 8Longmans Green and Company, 1873 |
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... respect at least they were wiser than we . They legislated for their own times . They looked at the England which was before them . They did not think it necessary to give twice as many Members to York as they gave to London , because ...
... respect at least they were wiser than we . They legislated for their own times . They looked at the England which was before them . They did not think it necessary to give twice as many Members to York as they gave to London , because ...
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... respect which I feel for his talents and his character , but of whose public conduct I must speak with the sincerity required by my public duty , was then , as he is now , out of office . He had just resigned the seals of the Home ...
... respect which I feel for his talents and his character , but of whose public conduct I must speak with the sincerity required by my public duty , was then , as he is now , out of office . He had just resigned the seals of the Home ...
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... respects , the very reverse of a mob orator . He was a man who would not have yielded to what he con- sidered as ... respect diminished . I believe , on the contrary , that it is increased . We are told that there is a re - action ...
... respects , the very reverse of a mob orator . He was a man who would not have yielded to what he con- sidered as ... respect diminished . I believe , on the contrary , that it is increased . We are told that there is a re - action ...
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... respect- ing this bill are founded on one great error . They imagine that the public feeling concerning Reform is a mere whim which sprang up suddenly out of nothing , and which will as suddenly vanish into nothing . They , therefore ...
... respect- ing this bill are founded on one great error . They imagine that the public feeling concerning Reform is a mere whim which sprang up suddenly out of nothing , and which will as suddenly vanish into nothing . They , therefore ...
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... is incompatible with the just influence of the people in the State , draw that parallel , and not I. They do all in their power to place the Lords and Commons of England in that position with respect to each 50 PARLIAMENTARY REFORM .
... is incompatible with the just influence of the people in the State , draw that parallel , and not I. They do all in their power to place the Lords and Commons of England in that position with respect to each 50 PARLIAMENTARY REFORM .
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