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... opposed and therefore the most vigorously sup- ported . But though it evoked in its defence a violent popular agitation , it was not forced upon the aristocracy by the people ; it was deliberately and voluntarily introduced by one ...
... opposed and therefore the most vigorously sup- ported . But though it evoked in its defence a violent popular agitation , it was not forced upon the aristocracy by the people ; it was deliberately and voluntarily introduced by one ...
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... oppose the will of the resident landlord ; and , even if opposi- tion were attempted , it was not difficult to meet it . Votes might be created , if necessary , by the division of freeholds ; 2 burgage tenants might be induced to sell ...
... oppose the will of the resident landlord ; and , even if opposi- tion were attempted , it was not difficult to meet it . Votes might be created , if necessary , by the division of freeholds ; 2 burgage tenants might be induced to sell ...
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... opposition not only of the people but of the governing class . Here , then , was an internal contradiction in the system ; by the very means which they employed to govern , the aristocracy lost the power of go- vernment ; and , as we ...
... opposition not only of the people but of the governing class . Here , then , was an internal contradiction in the system ; by the very means which they employed to govern , the aristocracy lost the power of go- vernment ; and , as we ...
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... opposed reform ; it is substantially accepted by Lord John Russell in his ' Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution , ' and reappears , as we shall see , in the utterances of both Liberals and Conservatives for ...
... opposed reform ; it is substantially accepted by Lord John Russell in his ' Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution , ' and reappears , as we shall see , in the utterances of both Liberals and Conservatives for ...
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... opposition to the people , this was not neces- sarily either a contradiction or an evil . It pro- ceeded , naturally enough , from the true theory of 3 1 Speeches , ed . 1836 , vol . iv . , p . 343 . 2 Mem . and Corr . of Francis Horner ...
... opposition to the people , this was not neces- sarily either a contradiction or an evil . It pro- ceeded , naturally enough , from the true theory of 3 1 Speeches , ed . 1836 , vol . iv . , p . 343 . 2 Mem . and Corr . of Francis Horner ...
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