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... principle of recovery of the revenue after reduction of duty , which had been so strenuously asserted , the reduction would take place from 1st July . The financial result of this would not be a very heavy loss . surplus ultimately ...
... principle of recovery of the revenue after reduction of duty , which had been so strenuously asserted , the reduction would take place from 1st July . The financial result of this would not be a very heavy loss . surplus ultimately ...
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... our institutions . The House ought to proceed , not upon the principle that it was the House of the people , but that it represented a great political order in the State , and not an indiscriminate THE REFORM BILL OF 1866 . 57.
... our institutions . The House ought to proceed , not upon the principle that it was the House of the people , but that it represented a great political order in the State , and not an indiscriminate THE REFORM BILL OF 1866 . 57.
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... principles . ' Denying Mr. Lowe's inference that in certain observa- tions of his at a public meeting he had meant to dis- parage the members of that House , Mr. Gladstone said . these words referred , ' not to the House of Commons ...
... principles . ' Denying Mr. Lowe's inference that in certain observa- tions of his at a public meeting he had meant to dis- parage the members of that House , Mr. Gladstone said . these words referred , ' not to the House of Commons ...
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... principle of a reduction of the franchise . A few days later , Mr. Gladstone introduced the Government measure for the redistribution of seats . It proposed , by grouping together a number of small boroughs , giving one or two ...
... principle of a reduction of the franchise . A few days later , Mr. Gladstone introduced the Government measure for the redistribution of seats . It proposed , by grouping together a number of small boroughs , giving one or two ...
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... principles of 1832 , and he warned the Opposition that any triumph which they might gain now would recoil with tenfold force on themselves . Much to the annoyance of the Opposition , but greatly to the satisfaction of the supporters of ...
... principles of 1832 , and he warned the Opposition that any triumph which they might gain now would recoil with tenfold force on themselves . Much to the annoyance of the Opposition , but greatly to the satisfaction of the supporters of ...
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Page 469 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
Page 240 - Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer, Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is still here; Here still is the smile that no cloud can o'ercast, And a heart and a hand all thy own to the last.
Page 47 - Gentlemen, we may hope to see for the first time in Parliament a party perfectly harmonious and distinguished by mutual and unbroken trust. But there is one difficulty which it is impossible to remove. This party of two reminds me of the Scotch terrier, which was so covered with hair that you could not tell which was the head and which was the tail of it.
Page 56 - You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side. The great social forces which move onwards in their might and majesty, and which the tumult of our debates does not for a moment impede or disturb...
Page 412 - Here's the smell of the blood still: all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.
Page 55 - I was bred under the shadow of the great name of Canning; every influence connected with that name governed the politics of my childhood and of my youth} with Canning, I rejoiced in the removal of religious disabilities, and in the character which he gave to our policy abroad; with Canning, I rejoiced in the...
Page 324 - ... else, II. That, if and when such claim is made, it will, even although resting on the definitions of the Vatican, be repelled and rejected ; just as Bishop Doyle, when he was asked what the Roman Catholic clergy would do if the Pope intermeddled with their religion, replied frankly, "The consequence would be that we should oppose him by every means in our power, even by the exercise of our spiritual authority.
Page 56 - ... soon again will float in the eye of heaven, and it will be borne by the firm hands of the united people of the three kingdoms, perhaps not to an easy, but to a certain and to a not distant victory.