The Whistler at the Plough: Containing Travels, Statistics, and Descriptions of Scenery and Agricultural Customs in Most Parts of England: with Letters from Ireland: Also "Free Trade and the League;" a Biography History, Volume 2J. Ainsworth; London, W. French, 1853 |
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... favour to pro- posals which were made to him in the summer of 1825 , from parties connected with the liberal interest in the borough of Dover , to become a candidate for its representation at the next election ; and , with this view ...
... favour to pro- posals which were made to him in the summer of 1825 , from parties connected with the liberal interest in the borough of Dover , to become a candidate for its representation at the next election ; and , with this view ...
Page 12
... favour of a public life against the remonstrances and dissua- sions of some of his nearest connections . That they were in some degree justified in these remon- strances , however , must be conceded - the pecuniary risks , and even the ...
... favour of a public life against the remonstrances and dissua- sions of some of his nearest connections . That they were in some degree justified in these remon- strances , however , must be conceded - the pecuniary risks , and even the ...
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... favour- able impression on the house . " On the 14th of June Mr Thomson made a few observations in favour of the vote by ballot in parliamentary elections , a proposal which he afterwards took many opportunities of supporting , and ...
... favour- able impression on the house . " On the 14th of June Mr Thomson made a few observations in favour of the vote by ballot in parliamentary elections , a proposal which he afterwards took many opportunities of supporting , and ...
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... favour of reductions in the navy and army estimates ; and , in the discussion of the Passengers ' Regulation Act , supported the views advocated by Messrs Hume and Warburton . A letter to his brother , written at this period , may shew ...
... favour of reductions in the navy and army estimates ; and , in the discussion of the Passengers ' Regulation Act , supported the views advocated by Messrs Hume and Warburton . A letter to his brother , written at this period , may shew ...
Page 15
... favour of Lord John Russell's motion for the repeal of the test and corporation acts , by which that great step towards the triumph of those principles was virtually gained , in the scarcely less famous minority of the 21st of March in ...
... favour of Lord John Russell's motion for the repeal of the test and corporation acts , by which that great step towards the triumph of those principles was virtually gained , in the scarcely less famous minority of the 21st of March in ...
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