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and laying his hand on Montague ' s head , then on his knees , Get my bill
passed by to - morrow , or else to - morrow this head of yours shall be off . ' The
bill was passed on the morrow . To complete the humiliation of the Commons ,
the ...
and laying his hand on Montague ' s head , then on his knees , Get my bill
passed by to - morrow , or else to - morrow this head of yours shall be off . ' The
bill was passed on the morrow . To complete the humiliation of the Commons ,
the ...
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... at the last general election , independent electors might have been bought by
the hundred at five shillings a head . In one of his powerful speeches against
Parliamentary Reform , Mr . Lowe , after reading a list of sums allowed as
legitimate ...
... at the last general election , independent electors might have been bought by
the hundred at five shillings a head . In one of his powerful speeches against
Parliamentary Reform , Mr . Lowe , after reading a list of sums allowed as
legitimate ...
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... from the Minister whose measure they supported , apparently without any
consciousness of infamy , very much in the same manner as the voters in certain
boroughs received head - money from the candidate as a matter of right and
custom .
... from the Minister whose measure they supported , apparently without any
consciousness of infamy , very much in the same manner as the voters in certain
boroughs received head - money from the candidate as a matter of right and
custom .
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No more will I . Fox , who was differently situated from Pelham , replied : “ But
how can I lead in the Commons without information on this head ? How can I talk
to gentlemen when I do not know which of them have received gratifications and
...
No more will I . Fox , who was differently situated from Pelham , replied : “ But
how can I lead in the Commons without information on this head ? How can I talk
to gentlemen when I do not know which of them have received gratifications and
...
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One of the heads of this mob — for there were two — was a Scotchman . ... size ,
that disfigured him completely , and his eyes started out of his head in so frightful
a way , that he seemed to be undergoing the operation of being strangled .
One of the heads of this mob — for there were two — was a Scotchman . ... size ,
that disfigured him completely , and his eyes started out of his head in so frightful
a way , that he seemed to be undergoing the operation of being strangled .
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