History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, Parts 2-3; Part 8William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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... parliament every year . But , those who introduced William , did not re- store this right ; but enacted , that , in future , there should be a new parliament every three years . However , in 1715 , they found , that the people had still ...
... parliament every year . But , those who introduced William , did not re- store this right ; but enacted , that , in future , there should be a new parliament every three years . However , in 1715 , they found , that the people had still ...
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... parliament ( the Sep- tennial parliament ) passed laws to tax them . The Americans had seen how their brethren in England had , by degrees , lost their property and their liberty . They raised the standard of " No WITHOUT REPRESENTATION ...
... parliament ( the Sep- tennial parliament ) passed laws to tax them . The Americans had seen how their brethren in England had , by degrees , lost their property and their liberty . They raised the standard of " No WITHOUT REPRESENTATION ...
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... PARLIAMENT as the only cure for existing evils , and as the only security against their recurrence for the future . When the standard of the right of representation had been raised by thirty millions of people only twenty miles from ...
... PARLIAMENT as the only cure for existing evils , and as the only security against their recurrence for the future . When the standard of the right of representation had been raised by thirty millions of people only twenty miles from ...
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... Parliamentary Reform ; the people ascribing the war and all its enormous debts and taxes to the want of that ... parliament is , " that it is a high crime " and misdemeanor in any peer to interfere in the " election of members to ...
... Parliamentary Reform ; the people ascribing the war and all its enormous debts and taxes to the want of that ... parliament is , " that it is a high crime " and misdemeanor in any peer to interfere in the " election of members to ...
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... parliament was passed " to pre- " vent future princes of Wales from contracting " debts , " an act which seemed wholly unneces sary , except for the purpose of conveying , in an indirect way , the censure of the parliament on the ...
... parliament was passed " to pre- " vent future princes of Wales from contracting " debts , " an act which seemed wholly unneces sary , except for the purpose of conveying , in an indirect way , the censure of the parliament on the ...
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