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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... called him to order , and desired the words to be taken down . They were written down by the clerk . Bring them to me , ' said Pitt , in his loftiest tone . By this time Moreton was frightened out of his senses . Sir , ' he stammered ...
... called him to order , and desired the words to be taken down . They were written down by the clerk . Bring them to me , ' said Pitt , in his loftiest tone . By this time Moreton was frightened out of his senses . Sir , ' he stammered ...
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... called together his faithful Commons except when he wanted money ; and never met them without quarrelling with them . Yet his sense of their growing importance was betrayed by his pettish exclamation when the deputation of twelve waited ...
... called together his faithful Commons except when he wanted money ; and never met them without quarrelling with them . Yet his sense of their growing importance was betrayed by his pettish exclamation when the deputation of twelve waited ...
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... called on the lieges to rally round their sovereign ' like the barons at Runnymede . ' This style of rallying discontinued after the wars of the Roses , which made sad havoc amongst the peerage . Only twenty - nine temporal peers were ...
... called on the lieges to rally round their sovereign ' like the barons at Runnymede . ' This style of rallying discontinued after the wars of the Roses , which made sad havoc amongst the peerage . Only twenty - nine temporal peers were ...
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... called public opinion , which we are to take on trust , forgetting that it is we ourselves who , by falling in with it whilst we dissent from it , give it weight . Let no man , either Peer or Commoner , support or vote for what he deems ...
... called public opinion , which we are to take on trust , forgetting that it is we ourselves who , by falling in with it whilst we dissent from it , give it weight . Let no man , either Peer or Commoner , support or vote for what he deems ...
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... called to account by his constituents for voting against their interests for the promotion of his own , he replied , ' I bought you , and , by G - d , I will sell you . ' This was the practice , if not the language , of his time ...
... called to account by his constituents for voting against their interests for the promotion of his own , he replied , ' I bought you , and , by G - d , I will sell you . ' This was the practice , if not the language , of his time ...
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