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... taken the whole machine of government to pieces'— was his warning address to the Parliament of 1640— ' a practice frequent with skilful artists when they desire to clear the wheels from any rust which may have grown upon them . The ...
... taken the whole machine of government to pieces'— was his warning address to the Parliament of 1640— ' a practice frequent with skilful artists when they desire to clear the wheels from any rust which may have grown upon them . The ...
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... taken they have as easily digested as their old General could himself : public covenants and engagements they have trampled under foot . In conclusion , so entire a victory they have over themselves , that their consciences are as much ...
... taken they have as easily digested as their old General could himself : public covenants and engagements they have trampled under foot . In conclusion , so entire a victory they have over themselves , that their consciences are as much ...
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... taken away , since there would be no coming to honour but through the winding - sheet of an old decrepit lord and the grave of an extinct noble family . ' 6 It was in 1736 , five years before the fall of Walpole , that the voice of the ...
... taken away , since there would be no coming to honour but through the winding - sheet of an old decrepit lord and the grave of an extinct noble family . ' 6 It was in 1736 , five years before the fall of Walpole , that the voice of the ...
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... taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed . Avoid , then , this humiliating , degrading necessity . ' Two of his best speeches were fortunately reported by Hugh Boyd , and one of these ( Nov. 48 THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT :
... taken for an idiot if they are not finally repealed . Avoid , then , this humiliating , degrading necessity . ' Two of his best speeches were fortunately reported by Hugh Boyd , and one of these ( Nov. 48 THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT :
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... taken by Pitt in moving an adjournment after Sheridan's Begum speech that the House was not in a state to vote dis- passionately . Sir William Heathcote turned to a friend and colleague of Peel's ( Mr Cardwell ) and said : ' It is of no ...
... taken by Pitt in moving an adjournment after Sheridan's Begum speech that the House was not in a state to vote dis- passionately . Sir William Heathcote turned to a friend and colleague of Peel's ( Mr Cardwell ) and said : ' It is of no ...
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