Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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... Commons . The Commons eagerly concurred , and complimented the Peers on the promptitude with which their Lordships had , on this occasion , stood forth to protect the public interests . The two Houses went up together to Ken- sington ...
... Commons . The Commons eagerly concurred , and complimented the Peers on the promptitude with which their Lordships had , on this occasion , stood forth to protect the public interests . The two Houses went up together to Ken- sington ...
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... Commons ; and it was therefore unnecessary for him to confide to any other person his dealings with the members of that house . " But how , " said Fox , " can I lead in the Commons without information on this head ? How can I talk to ...
... Commons ; and it was therefore unnecessary for him to confide to any other person his dealings with the members of that house . " But how , " said Fox , " can I lead in the Commons without information on this head ? How can I talk to ...
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... Commons of England in that position with respect to each other in which the French gentry stood with respect to the ... Commons strong in the love and con- fidence of the people , a House of Commons which has nothing to fear from a ...
... Commons of England in that position with respect to each other in which the French gentry stood with respect to the ... Commons strong in the love and con- fidence of the people , a House of Commons which has nothing to fear from a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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