Macaulay: Prose and PoetryRupert Hart-Davis, 1952 - 864 pages |
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Page 291
... House of 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 ...
... House of 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 ...
Page 327
... House . Questions respecting elections were then considered merely as party questions . Judicial impar- tiality was not eyen affected . Sir Robert Walpole was in the habit of saying openly that , in election battles , there ought to be ...
... House . Questions respecting elections were then considered merely as party questions . Judicial impar- tiality was not eyen affected . Sir Robert Walpole was in the habit of saying openly that , in election battles , there ought to be ...
Page 672
... House of Commons that cut off the head of Charles the First ; nor was the House of Commons then allpowerful . It had been greatly reduced in numbers by successive expulsions . It was under the absolute dominion of the army . A majority ...
... House of Commons that cut off the head of Charles the First ; nor was the House of Commons then allpowerful . It had been greatly reduced in numbers by successive expulsions . It was under the absolute dominion of the army . A majority ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND SELECTED PASSAGES II | 13 |
ESSAYS | 233 |
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