Annual Register, 77. köideEdmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1836 |
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... House , that vanity itself could not mislead any man to consider himself a more worthy competitor . He had ruled the house with temper and wisdom amid all the fury of the reform bill debates ; and so deeply did all men who thought feel ...
... House , that vanity itself could not mislead any man to consider himself a more worthy competitor . He had ruled the house with temper and wisdom amid all the fury of the reform bill debates ; and so deeply did all men who thought feel ...
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... House of Commons to proceed forthwith to the election of a speaker . The attendance in the House of Commons was more nu- merous than had ever been wit- nessed , not only on the first day of a session , but on the discussion of any great ...
... House of Commons to proceed forthwith to the election of a speaker . The attendance in the House of Commons was more nu- merous than had ever been wit- nessed , not only on the first day of a session , but on the discussion of any great ...
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... House that these were not the testimonies of partial friends , but of honourable adversaries ; they were not the eager opinions of ad- vocates , but the calm decisions of jurors . All these opinions , how- ever , it was understood ...
... House that these were not the testimonies of partial friends , but of honourable adversaries ; they were not the eager opinions of ad- vocates , but the calm decisions of jurors . All these opinions , how- ever , it was understood ...
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... House to place in the chair a person assi- milated in principle and opinion with the body over which he pre- sided . Looking at the import- ant discussions which must ne- cessarily arise , involving , among other things , the dismissal ...
... House to place in the chair a person assi- milated in principle and opinion with the body over which he pre- sided . Looking at the import- ant discussions which must ne- cessarily arise , involving , among other things , the dismissal ...
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... House for a long period ; there was no disgrace which he should feel so much as its being the impression of the House that he had discredited them ; and with respect to the question , as to who would be the fittest person to place in ...
... House for a long period ; there was no disgrace which he should feel so much as its being the impression of the House that he had discredited them ; and with respect to the question , as to who would be the fittest person to place in ...
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