A History of Our Own Times from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume 3Chatto & Windus, 1880 - Great Britain |
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... bill a most strenuous oppo- sition . He condemned it on strictly conscientious grounds . Yet it has to be said ... bill of divorce was under discussion , the members crowded the House , the case was discussed in all its details as any ...
... bill a most strenuous oppo- sition . He condemned it on strictly conscientious grounds . Yet it has to be said ... bill of divorce was under discussion , the members crowded the House , the case was discussed in all its details as any ...
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... bill came before them . One member , perhaps , was taken with a vague sym- pathy with the wife ; he set about to show that the evidence against her proved nothing . Another sym- pathised with husbands in general , and made it his ...
... bill came before them . One member , perhaps , was taken with a vague sym- pathy with the wife ; he set about to show that the evidence against her proved nothing . Another sym- pathised with husbands in general , and made it his ...
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... bill was brought in by the Ministry to substitute penal servitude for transportation , unless in cases where the sentence was for fourteen years and upwards . The bill re- duced the scale of punishment ; that is to say , made a shorter ...
... bill was brought in by the Ministry to substitute penal servitude for transportation , unless in cases where the sentence was for fourteen years and upwards . The bill re- duced the scale of punishment ; that is to say , made a shorter ...
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... bill was in- troduced into the House of Lords by Lord Cran- worth , the Lord Chancellor . When it came down to the House of Commons there was some objec- tion made to the ticket - of - leave clauses , but the Go- vernment carried them ...
... bill was in- troduced into the House of Lords by Lord Cran- worth , the Lord Chancellor . When it came down to the House of Commons there was some objec- tion made to the ticket - of - leave clauses , but the Go- vernment carried them ...
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... Bill Sykes asking for employment in some wealthy and quiet household . They certainly knew him once , but now they were to pass nor turn their face . Nothing , surely , that we know of the internal arrange- ments of Timbuctoo , to adopt ...
... Bill Sykes asking for employment in some wealthy and quiet household . They certainly knew him once , but now they were to pass nor turn their face . Nothing , surely , that we know of the internal arrange- ments of Timbuctoo , to adopt ...
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