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... ment of Sir Robert . Horace entered the House of Commons just in time to witness the last desperate struggle which his father , surrounded by enemies and traitors , maintained , with a spirit as brave as that of the column of Fontenoy ...
... ment of Sir Robert . Horace entered the House of Commons just in time to witness the last desperate struggle which his father , surrounded by enemies and traitors , maintained , with a spirit as brave as that of the column of Fontenoy ...
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... power of public opinion is so great that , even before the reform of the representation , a faint suspicion that a minis- ter had given pecuniary gratifications to Members of Parlia- ment 18 WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO SIR HORACE MANN .
... power of public opinion is so great that , even before the reform of the representation , a faint suspicion that a minis- ter had given pecuniary gratifications to Members of Parlia- ment 18 WALPOLE'S LETTERS TO SIR HORACE MANN .
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... ment in return for their votes would have been enough to ruin him . But , during the century which followed the Restoration , the House of Commons was in that situation in which assemblies must be managed by corruption , or cannot be ...
... ment in return for their votes would have been enough to ruin him . But , during the century which followed the Restoration , the House of Commons was in that situation in which assemblies must be managed by corruption , or cannot be ...
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... ment of those who raised the clamour against corruption , had no better remedy to propose than that the Royal prerogative should be strengthened . The remedy would no doubt have been efficient . The only question is , whether it would ...
... ment of those who raised the clamour against corruption , had no better remedy to propose than that the Royal prerogative should be strengthened . The remedy would no doubt have been efficient . The only question is , whether it would ...
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... ment , would prove the certain cure for all the evils which the nation suffered . What was to be done after his fall , how misgovernment was to be prevented in future , were questions to which there were as many answers as there were ...
... ment , would prove the certain cure for all the evils which the nation suffered . What was to be done after his fall , how misgovernment was to be prevented in future , were questions to which there were as many answers as there were ...
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The Works of Lord Macaulay– Complete, 6 tomas Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Visos knygos peržiūra - 1871 |
The Works of Lord Macaulay Complete, 6 tomas Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay Visos knygos peržiūra - 1866 |
The works of lord Macaulay, complete, ed. by lady Trevelyan, 6 tomas Thomas Babington baron Macaulay Visos knygos peržiūra - 1866 |
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