Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and IrelandJ. M'Glashan, 1849 - 393 Seiten |
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... equal representation . Nor did laws enacted to stop the circu- lation amongst the working classes of cheap publications , by laying a tax on them ; and to put down reformatory societies , under the pretext of prohibiting seditious ...
... equal representation . Nor did laws enacted to stop the circu- lation amongst the working classes of cheap publications , by laying a tax on them ; and to put down reformatory societies , under the pretext of prohibiting seditious ...
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... equal representation in the Commons , and was replied to by Wyndham and Pitt , ( who had become frightened by the French revolution , ) and power- fully supported by Fox , then in the zenith of his fame , and by Grey , just giving ...
... equal representation in the Commons , and was replied to by Wyndham and Pitt , ( who had become frightened by the French revolution , ) and power- fully supported by Fox , then in the zenith of his fame , and by Grey , just giving ...
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... equal of each in his most cultivated field . As a Parliamentary leader , he was inferior to Fox and Pitt . His essay - like style was not adapted to so popular a body as the House of Commons . His speeches wore the air of the academy ...
... equal of each in his most cultivated field . As a Parliamentary leader , he was inferior to Fox and Pitt . His essay - like style was not adapted to so popular a body as the House of Commons . His speeches wore the air of the academy ...
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... equal representation — and , having attained a highly respectable standing at the bar , en- tered Parliament in 1796 , the year before Fox and the heads of the Opposition unwisely abandoned their attendance upon the House , because they ...
... equal representation — and , having attained a highly respectable standing at the bar , en- tered Parliament in 1796 , the year before Fox and the heads of the Opposition unwisely abandoned their attendance upon the House , because they ...
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... Judge Stroud , of Philadelphia , in a work of equal ability , on American slavery . Mr. Stephen descended to his honored grave in 1832 , at the advanced age of 75 . MR . MACAULAY is the father of the brilliant essayist 84 MR . STEPHEN .
... Judge Stroud , of Philadelphia , in a work of equal ability , on American slavery . Mr. Stephen descended to his honored grave in 1832 , at the advanced age of 75 . MR . MACAULAY is the father of the brilliant essayist 84 MR . STEPHEN .
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