Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 19William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1811 - Great Britain |
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... House of Commons , on the 6th of May , 1793 , from the Friends of the People , 1393 . Debate in the House of the Commons , on the second reading of Mr. Wynne's Election Bribery Bill , 856 . Mr. Lemaitre's Petition to the House of Com ...
... House of Commons , on the 6th of May , 1793 , from the Friends of the People , 1393 . Debate in the House of the Commons , on the second reading of Mr. Wynne's Election Bribery Bill , 856 . Mr. Lemaitre's Petition to the House of Com ...
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... House of Commons . In that House writers , of all sorts and in all forms , are he must propose the measure as a member actuated . They are actuated by the of the House . Any other member might blackest of malice , that which arises from ...
... House of Commons . In that House writers , of all sorts and in all forms , are he must propose the measure as a member actuated . They are actuated by the of the House . Any other member might blackest of malice , that which arises from ...
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... House of Lords , I shall return to the subject of MR . PITT'S PUBLIC CHARACTER , upon which I had not room fully to offer my remarks at the close of the last Number . This subject , though it arose incidentally , in the debate in the House ...
... House of Lords , I shall return to the subject of MR . PITT'S PUBLIC CHARACTER , upon which I had not room fully to offer my remarks at the close of the last Number . This subject , though it arose incidentally , in the debate in the House ...
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... Houses of Parliament : One half , or thereabouts , of the Upper House had been either created or promoted during his ministry ; and , in the lower House , what is there that can be named , in the way of gaining influence , that he had ...
... Houses of Parliament : One half , or thereabouts , of the Upper House had been either created or promoted during his ministry ; and , in the lower House , what is there that can be named , in the way of gaining influence , that he had ...
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... House of Commons , humbly and earnestly entreating , that in such Bill or Bills as may be brought in for supply- ing ... Houses , appears to be subversive of the independence , and dangerous to the existence of the royal part of our ...
... House of Commons , humbly and earnestly entreating , that in such Bill or Bills as may be brought in for supply- ing ... Houses , appears to be subversive of the independence , and dangerous to the existence of the royal part of our ...
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