History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, Parts 2-3; Part 8 |
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The Septennial bill had produced all its natural consequences , wars , debts , and taxation ; and , as the cause of the evils was seen , the people had begun , even during the American war , to demand a REFORM IN THE COMMONS HOUSE OF ...
The Septennial bill had produced all its natural consequences , wars , debts , and taxation ; and , as the cause of the evils was seen , the people had begun , even during the American war , to demand a REFORM IN THE COMMONS HOUSE OF ...
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But the alternative was , Parliamentary Reform , or put down the Republic of France . That really was the alternative , and the only one . The former ought to have been chosen ; but the latter was resolved on , and that , too , in spite ...
But the alternative was , Parliamentary Reform , or put down the Republic of France . That really was the alternative , and the only one . The former ought to have been chosen ; but the latter was resolved on , and that , too , in spite ...
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... of course , they thought nothing of the DEBT which they were contracting , though that was , as the sequel will show , destined to undo all that they were doing against the French , and to render that parliamentary reform , which it ...
... of course , they thought nothing of the DEBT which they were contracting , though that was , as the sequel will show , destined to undo all that they were doing against the French , and to render that parliamentary reform , which it ...
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... and with the struggle between them and the people on the score of Parliamentary Reform ; the people ascribing the war and all its enormous debts and taxes to the want of that reform , and the aristocracy ascribing their complaints ...
... and with the struggle between them and the people on the score of Parliamentary Reform ; the people ascribing the war and all its enormous debts and taxes to the want of that reform , and the aristocracy ascribing their complaints ...
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... indeed , they should choose to call in the people , by the means of a reform of the Commons ' House of Parliament ; and this they were then told ; of this they were then warned ; this warning they did not take , and the consequence ...
... indeed , they should choose to call in the people , by the means of a reform of the Commons ' House of Parliament ; and this they were then told ; of this they were then warned ; this warning they did not take , and the consequence ...
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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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