The Life and Speeches of Hon. George Brown |
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... party were almost exclusively engaged in a battle with the powers of the day on specific grievances com- plained of , and consequently gave comparatively little attention to the advocacy of fundamental principles of government which ...
... party were almost exclusively engaged in a battle with the powers of the day on specific grievances com- plained of , and consequently gave comparatively little attention to the advocacy of fundamental principles of government which ...
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... party man . Lord Elgin was the first Governor - General who determined to govern through his constitutional advisers ... party leader . Hitherto , under the name of the new system , leading men among reformers did not hesitate about ...
... party man . Lord Elgin was the first Governor - General who determined to govern through his constitutional advisers ... party leader . Hitherto , under the name of the new system , leading men among reformers did not hesitate about ...
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... party connections , he was an autocrat in spirit , and almost immediately on his arrival in Canada he showed his determination to practise what he believed . Apart altogether from the question of right , there was something almost ...
... party connections , he was an autocrat in spirit , and almost immediately on his arrival in Canada he showed his determination to practise what he believed . Apart altogether from the question of right , there was something almost ...
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... party , but were also much in advance of the bulk of the Free Church party in the matter of church establishments . The greater part of the Presbyterians in Canada deeply sympathized with the popular party in Scotland , and were ...
... party , but were also much in advance of the bulk of the Free Church party in the matter of church establishments . The greater part of the Presbyterians in Canada deeply sympathized with the popular party in Scotland , and were ...
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... party of Upper Canada , then destitute of any leading newspaper capable of directing or controlling public opinion . The liberal party was in power , but liberal principles could hardly be said to be in the ascendancy , while the ...
... party of Upper Canada , then destitute of any leading newspaper capable of directing or controlling public opinion . The liberal party was in power , but liberal principles could hardly be said to be in the ascendancy , while the ...
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