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... representatives of towns , to the exclusion of the inhabitants at large . The great Reform Act of 1832 was passed at a period when the representation had fallen into a state of the utmost disorder . Many great towns which had acquired ...
... representatives of towns , to the exclusion of the inhabitants at large . The great Reform Act of 1832 was passed at a period when the representation had fallen into a state of the utmost disorder . Many great towns which had acquired ...
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... representative system , and very soon after the commencement of the Session Mr. Disraeli introduced a Bill upon tho subject . Some of the arguments which he used upon this occasion present a remarkable contrast with the doctrines ...
... representative system , and very soon after the commencement of the Session Mr. Disraeli introduced a Bill upon tho subject . Some of the arguments which he used upon this occasion present a remarkable contrast with the doctrines ...
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... representative system , such as no one ever proposed , and such as Earl Grey and his colleagues were praised for not attempting in 1831 , no change is made in regard to that which I own ap- pears to me to be a necessary provision in any ...
... representative system , such as no one ever proposed , and such as Earl Grey and his colleagues were praised for not attempting in 1831 , no change is made in regard to that which I own ap- pears to me to be a necessary provision in any ...
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... representative assembly , no one can deny that upon great occasions it affords noble examples of rhetorical ability . The opinions of the principal speakers upon Lord John Russell's amendment have a peculiar interest and importance at ...
... representative assembly , no one can deny that upon great occasions it affords noble examples of rhetorical ability . The opinions of the principal speakers upon Lord John Russell's amendment have a peculiar interest and importance at ...
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... representatives . The death of Lord Palmerston which occurred on October 18 , 1865 , made an immense change in the re- lations of political parties and the prospects of Reform . Earl Russell , by her Majesty's command , immediately ...
... representatives . The death of Lord Palmerston which occurred on October 18 , 1865 , made an immense change in the re- lations of political parties and the prospects of Reform . Earl Russell , by her Majesty's command , immediately ...
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