The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third, 1760-1860, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1868 - Constitutional history |
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... interest with which I have traced it , through all the events of history . Had I viewed it with distrust , and despondency , this work would not have been written . The policy of our laws , as determined by successive Parliaments , is ...
... interest with which I have traced it , through all the events of history . Had I viewed it with distrust , and despondency , this work would not have been written . The policy of our laws , as determined by successive Parliaments , is ...
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... interests of the people . This popular institution , designed to control the crown , was won over to its side , and shared , while it supported , its ascendency . The crown now governed with more difficulty , and was forced to use all ...
... interests of the people . This popular institution , designed to control the crown , was won over to its side , and shared , while it supported , its ascendency . The crown now governed with more difficulty , and was forced to use all ...
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... interest of the government was paramount at elections . The cities and large towns alone had any pretensions to independence ... interests was a constitutional theory , rather than an active poli- tical force . Had there been no party ...
... interest of the government was paramount at elections . The cities and large towns alone had any pretensions to independence ... interests was a constitutional theory , rather than an active poli- tical force . Had there been no party ...
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... interests , and by their monopoly of the influence of the crown , to secure an ascendency in Parliament which , for nearly fifty years , was almost unassailable . Until the fall of Sir Robert Walpole the Whigs had been compact and ...
... interests , and by their monopoly of the influence of the crown , to secure an ascendency in Parliament which , for nearly fifty years , was almost unassailable . Until the fall of Sir Robert Walpole the Whigs had been compact and ...
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... ardently fond of power , and all its appanages of observance . " - Adolph . Hist . , i . 12 . 4 Rockingham Mem . , i . 3 . 5 Lord Waldegrave's Mem . , 9 . mination to that his own honour , and the interests ACCESSION OF GEORGE THE THIRD .
... ardently fond of power , and all its appanages of observance . " - Adolph . Hist . , i . 12 . 4 Rockingham Mem . , i . 3 . 5 Lord Waldegrave's Mem . , 9 . mination to that his own honour , and the interests ACCESSION OF GEORGE THE THIRD .
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