The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 10C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - France |
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... House , hardly a man in the Nation , who may not be dis- qualified . That this House should have no power of expulsion is an hard saying . That this House should have a general discretionary power of dis- qualification , is a dangerous ...
... House , hardly a man in the Nation , who may not be dis- qualified . That this House should have no power of expulsion is an hard saying . That this House should have a general discretionary power of dis- qualification , is a dangerous ...
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... House of Commons has taken its present shape and circumstances , and has been an essential operative part of the Constitution ; which , I take it , it has been for at least five hundred years . This I resolve to myself in the ...
... House of Commons has taken its present shape and circumstances , and has been an essential operative part of the Constitution ; which , I take it , it has been for at least five hundred years . This I resolve to myself in the ...
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... House of Com- mons . For they think , prudently , in my opinion , that if they can persuade the nation , that the House of Commons is so constituted as not to secure the publick liberty ; not to have a proper connexion with the publick ...
... House of Com- mons . For they think , prudently , in my opinion , that if they can persuade the nation , that the House of Commons is so constituted as not to secure the publick liberty ; not to have a proper connexion with the publick ...
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On the Reform of the Representation in the House | 92 |
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