 This House is not a representative of the people of Great Britain. It is the representative of nominal boroughs, of ruined and exterminated towns, of noble families, of wealthy individuals, of foreign potentates.  The Industrial Revolution - Page 75by Charles Austin Beard - 1919 - 105 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Holland Rose - Europe - 1924 - 1276 pages
...Romilly, who was present, quotes a sentence of the speech, which did not appear in the official report: "This House is not the representative of the people...families, of wealthy individuals, of foreign potentates." He then pointed out some of the worst anomalies of the existing system. There were some boroughs wholly... | |
 | John Holland Rose - Europe - 1923 - 1282 pages
...Romilly, who was present, quotes a sentence of the speech, which did not appear in the official report : " This House is not the representative of the people...towns, of noble families, of wealthy individuals, 01 foreign potentates." He then pointed out some of the worst anomalies of the existing system. There... | |
 | William Henry Skaggs - Southern States - 1924 - 522 pages
...exclaim: "This House is not the representation of the people of Great Britain ; it is the representation of nominal boroughs, of ruined and exterminated towns,...families, of wealthy individuals, of foreign potentates. ' ' The government of England was not representative, but was oligarchical. Thus it will be seen that... | |
 | William Bennett Munro - Europe - 1925 - 806 pages
...year. "The House of Commons," said Pitt, "is not representative of the people of Great Britain ; it is representative of nominal boroughs, of ruined and...towns, of noble families, of wealthy individuals, and of foreign potentates." This, by the way, was the House of Commons which passed the Stamp Act,... | |
 | Charles Downer Hazen - Europe - 1923 - 1296 pages
...: " This House is not the representation of the people of Great Britain ; it is the representation of nominal boroughs, of ruined and exterminated towns,...families, of wealthy individuals, of foreign potentates." The government of England was not representative, but was oligarchical: Closely identified with the... | |
 | Roy Winthrop Hatch - Citizenship - 1926 - 362 pages
...Commons: "This House is not representative of the people of Great Britain; it is the representation of nominal boroughs, of ruined and exterminated towns,...families, of wealthy individuals, of foreign potentates." What effect would you expect these conditions to have upon English politics during the nineteenth century?... | |
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