Prose and PoetryR. Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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... course strong objections were urged in Council . It had been announced that the Houses would be con- voked before ... course of English law . Sunderland had from the beginning objected , as far as he dared , to the Order in Council . He ...
... course strong objections were urged in Council . It had been announced that the Houses would be con- voked before ... course of English law . Sunderland had from the beginning objected , as far as he dared , to the Order in Council . He ...
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... course no person has ventured to propose . To the latter course objections have been made ; but objections which to me , I must own , seem altogether frivolous . It is acknowledged that of late years inconvenience has arisen from the ...
... course no person has ventured to propose . To the latter course objections have been made ; but objections which to me , I must own , seem altogether frivolous . It is acknowledged that of late years inconvenience has arisen from the ...
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... course would have been to apply for an Act of Parliament . On what ground ? Nothing but an Act of Parliament can legalise that which is illegal . But whoever heard of an Act of Parliament to legalise what was already beyond all dispute ...
... course would have been to apply for an Act of Parliament . On what ground ? Nothing but an Act of Parliament can legalise that which is illegal . But whoever heard of an Act of Parliament to legalise what was already beyond all dispute ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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