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... vote . Gentlemen may cheer , but such is my opinion . I say , Sir , that there are countries in which the condition of the * Sir John Walsh . labouring classes is such that they may safely be entrusted 12 PARLIAMENTARY REFORM .
... vote . Gentlemen may cheer , but such is my opinion . I say , Sir , that there are countries in which the condition of the * Sir John Walsh . labouring classes is such that they may safely be entrusted 12 PARLIAMENTARY REFORM .
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... votes of which my honorable friend speaks , votes of which the middle classes disapproved then , and of which they disapprove still . My honorable friend , and almost all the gentlemen who have taken the same side with him in this ...
... votes of which my honorable friend speaks , votes of which the middle classes disapproved then , and of which they disapprove still . My honorable friend , and almost all the gentlemen who have taken the same side with him in this ...
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... vote for the honorable and learned gentleman who now represents the county of Water- ford , was a Protestant freeholder in Louth to be punished for the crime of a Catholic freeholder in Clare ? If the principle of the honorable and ...
... vote for the honorable and learned gentleman who now represents the county of Water- ford , was a Protestant freeholder in Louth to be punished for the crime of a Catholic freeholder in Clare ? If the principle of the honorable and ...
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... votes with unavailing remorse , amidst the wreck of laws , the confusion of ranks , the spoliation of pro- perty , and the dissolution of social order . A SPEECH DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . 25.
... votes with unavailing remorse , amidst the wreck of laws , the confusion of ranks , the spoliation of pro- perty , and the dissolution of social order . A SPEECH DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . 25.
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... votes to 231 , and the original motion was carried . The following Speech was made on the second night of the debate . NOBODY , Sir , who has watched the course of the debate can have failed to observe that the gentlemen who oppose this ...
... votes to 231 , and the original motion was carried . The following Speech was made on the second night of the debate . NOBODY , Sir , who has watched the course of the debate can have failed to observe that the gentlemen who oppose this ...
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