History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, Parts 2-3; Part 8 |
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Where there is an aristocracy who are hereditary lawgivers , and are sustained by a law of primogeniture , the commons , if left without some power to protect them against such an aristocracy , must , in the nature of things ...
Where there is an aristocracy who are hereditary lawgivers , and are sustained by a law of primogeniture , the commons , if left without some power to protect them against such an aristocracy , must , in the nature of things ...
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The nobility were compelled to follow , in this respect , the example of the church ; and thus the commons were the joint - proprietors , in fact , of the whole country ; they acknowledged the owner as lord of the soil ; but they held ...
The nobility were compelled to follow , in this respect , the example of the church ; and thus the commons were the joint - proprietors , in fact , of the whole country ; they acknowledged the owner as lord of the soil ; but they held ...
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... of the French Revolution of 1789 , ' there would have been no real injury done to the commons ; but this is what the makers of the Reformation did not do ; they did precisely the contrary ; and this too from a very obvious cause .
... of the French Revolution of 1789 , ' there would have been no real injury done to the commons ; but this is what the makers of the Reformation did not do ; they did precisely the contrary ; and this too from a very obvious cause .
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This is what ought to have been done ; and even this would have been but a poor compensation for all that the commons had lost ; but instead of this a law was made to tax all the people for the relief of the poor and for the repairing ...
This is what ought to have been done ; and even this would have been but a poor compensation for all that the commons had lost ; but instead of this a law was made to tax all the people for the relief of the poor and for the repairing ...
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... he did say , in the House of Commons , in 1822 , that , if the people of England could have had their will , the House of Brunswick would never have worn the Crown of P this kingdom . The dislike of the people was not INTRODUCTORY.
... he did say , in the House of Commons , in 1822 , that , if the people of England could have had their will , the House of Brunswick would never have worn the Crown of P this kingdom . The dislike of the people was not INTRODUCTORY.
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| Title | History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, Parts 2-3; Part 8 History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, William Cobbett |
| Author | William Cobbett |
| Publisher | William Cobbett, 1830 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 29 Mar 2006 |
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