Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections. 1st [-3rd] SerLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1874 - 411 من الصفحات |
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... become paramount ; and the ill - advised attempt to seize the five members shows how slow Charles and his counsellors were to recognise the fact that the real sovereignty of England had departed from the Crown . During the Reform Bill ...
... become paramount ; and the ill - advised attempt to seize the five members shows how slow Charles and his counsellors were to recognise the fact that the real sovereignty of England had departed from the Crown . During the Reform Bill ...
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... become Lord Chatham ) reserved merely the Presidency of the Council for himself . Nor did he make any sustained attempt to guide the counsels of the Cabinet thus constructed , the heterogeneous composition of which has been ren- dered ...
... become Lord Chatham ) reserved merely the Presidency of the Council for himself . Nor did he make any sustained attempt to guide the counsels of the Cabinet thus constructed , the heterogeneous composition of which has been ren- dered ...
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... threat , which has gradually become nugatory and impracticable ; the Conservative majority in the Upper House being now roughly estimated at more than seventy . The only available mode , in 22 THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT :
... threat , which has gradually become nugatory and impracticable ; the Conservative majority in the Upper House being now roughly estimated at more than seventy . The only available mode , in 22 THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT :
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... become Earl of Orford : My Lord Bath , you and I are now two as insignificant men as any in Eng- land . ' When ( in 1766 ) the citizens of London learned that the great commoner was to be First Minister , they were in transports of joy ...
... become Earl of Orford : My Lord Bath , you and I are now two as insignificant men as any in Eng- land . ' When ( in 1766 ) the citizens of London learned that the great commoner was to be First Minister , they were in transports of joy ...
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... become of the Earl of Danby , your lordships best can tell . But let me see that man that dare run the Earl of Danby down , and we shall soon see what will become of him . ' This being pronounced with a remarkable humour and tone , the ...
... become of the Earl of Danby , your lordships best can tell . But let me see that man that dare run the Earl of Danby down , and we shall soon see what will become of him . ' This being pronounced with a remarkable humour and tone , the ...
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