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... representative assembly , forced by circumstances into an entirely novel position , unconstitutional to the last degree , but firmly convinced of its legality , and re- solved to retain its preeminence at all hazards . The House of ...
... representative assembly , forced by circumstances into an entirely novel position , unconstitutional to the last degree , but firmly convinced of its legality , and re- solved to retain its preeminence at all hazards . The House of ...
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... Representative " of a Council of State , to last till the meeting of the succeeding Representative . ( Councillors , officers on pay , and revenue officers , were not to be eligible as candidates for a Representative . ) 3. A ...
... Representative " of a Council of State , to last till the meeting of the succeeding Representative . ( Councillors , officers on pay , and revenue officers , were not to be eligible as candidates for a Representative . ) 3. A ...
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... Representative and its Council would have been unanimous . But with the dissolu- tion of the Representative the popular influence over the executive would have vanished , and its successor would have had before it the embarrassing ...
... Representative and its Council would have been unanimous . But with the dissolu- tion of the Representative the popular influence over the executive would have vanished , and its successor would have had before it the embarrassing ...
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... Representative , " sentative . " Repre- as it was called . Whether the new constitution was to consist of a sovereign assembly or not , all parties , with the exception of the sitting members and their immediate following , were agreed ...
... Representative , " sentative . " Repre- as it was called . Whether the new constitution was to consist of a sovereign assembly or not , all parties , with the exception of the sitting members and their immediate following , were agreed ...
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... representative system had never been settled in as complete a form as the 1 Oceana , p . 13 . 3 Whitelock , 441 . 2 Clarendon , III . 272 . 4 Whitelock , 496 . 5 Journals , Oct. 23 , 1651. Whitelock , 487 . 6 Whitelock , 502 . English ...
... representative system had never been settled in as complete a form as the 1 Oceana , p . 13 . 3 Whitelock , 441 . 2 Clarendon , III . 272 . 4 Whitelock , 496 . 5 Journals , Oct. 23 , 1651. Whitelock , 487 . 6 Whitelock , 502 . English ...
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