The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, Volume 8Longmans Green and Company, 1873 |
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... side of revolution those whom we shut out from power . Is this a time when the cause of law and order can spare one of its natural allies ? My noble friend , the Paymaster of the Forces , happily described the effect which some parts of ...
... side of revolution those whom we shut out from power . Is this a time when the cause of law and order can spare one of its natural allies ? My noble friend , the Paymaster of the Forces , happily described the effect which some parts of ...
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... side with him in this Debate , have dwelt much on the utility of close and rotten boroughs . It is by means of such boroughs , they tell us , that the ablest men have been introduced into Parliament . It is true that many distinguished ...
... side with him in this Debate , have dwelt much on the utility of close and rotten boroughs . It is by means of such boroughs , they tell us , that the ablest men have been introduced into Parliament . It is true that many distinguished ...
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... side of the House , has alluded to the opinions which some of His Majesty's Ministers formerly entertained on the subject of Reform . It would be officious in me , Sir , to undertake the defence of gentlemen who are so well able te ...
... side of the House , has alluded to the opinions which some of His Majesty's Ministers formerly entertained on the subject of Reform . It would be officious in me , Sir , to undertake the defence of gentlemen who are so well able te ...
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... side ancient institutions subverted , and great societies dissolved , now , while the heart of England is still sound , now , while old feelings and old associations re- tain a power and a charm which may too soon pass away , now , in ...
... side ancient institutions subverted , and great societies dissolved , now , while the heart of England is still sound , now , while old feelings and old associations re- tain a power and a charm which may too soon pass away , now , in ...
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... side of antiquity and prescription . Yet he describes that great disfranchisement of boroughs as an improvement fit to be made in a more warrantable method and at a better time . The words were prophetic . This is that more warrantable ...
... side of antiquity and prescription . Yet he describes that great disfranchisement of boroughs as an improvement fit to be made in a more warrantable method and at a better time . The words were prophetic . This is that more warrantable ...
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