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... admitted a popular element . The House of Com- mons was supposed to be composed of representa- tives of the people ; it was composed , in fact , of 1 Memoirs of the Reign of George III . , ed . 1845 , vol . i . , p . 199 . nominees of ...
... admitted a popular element . The House of Com- mons was supposed to be composed of representa- tives of the people ; it was composed , in fact , of 1 Memoirs of the Reign of George III . , ed . 1845 , vol . i . , p . 199 . nominees of ...
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... admitted by an aristocrat of the eighteenth century . He assumes that representation of the people means the represen- tation of numbers ; but that is precisely what was denied by every section of the aristocracy . Whigs as well as ...
... admitted by an aristocrat of the eighteenth century . He assumes that representation of the people means the represen- tation of numbers ; but that is precisely what was denied by every section of the aristocracy . Whigs as well as ...
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... admitted , it is true , that if ever the time should come when the people should really be set upon reform , it would then be necessary to concede it , yet , clearly , he considered such a con- tingency to be as improbable as it would ...
... admitted , it is true , that if ever the time should come when the people should really be set upon reform , it would then be necessary to concede it , yet , clearly , he considered such a con- tingency to be as improbable as it would ...
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... admitted of perpetual improvement , which time and circumstances rendered necessary . It was a constitution , the chief excellence of which was that of admitting a perpetual reform ' 1 ( 1792 ) . To Whigs who examined from this point of ...
... admitted of perpetual improvement , which time and circumstances rendered necessary . It was a constitution , the chief excellence of which was that of admitting a perpetual reform ' 1 ( 1792 ) . To Whigs who examined from this point of ...
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... admitted to the franchise ; they would exercise henceforth an im- portant influence on the Lower House , and would have the redress of their grievances in their own hands . There was no reason why no reason why they should wish for ...
... admitted to the franchise ; they would exercise henceforth an im- portant influence on the Lower House , and would have the redress of their grievances in their own hands . There was no reason why no reason why they should wish for ...
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