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Page xiii
... influenced by ideas , but by facts ; not by things palpable , but by things impalpable . Not to put too fine a point upon it , they were influenced by rank and wealth . No doubt the better sort of them believed that those who were ...
... influenced by ideas , but by facts ; not by things palpable , but by things impalpable . Not to put too fine a point upon it , they were influenced by rank and wealth . No doubt the better sort of them believed that those who were ...
Page xxv
... influence in many boroughs and counties the Lords nominated a considerable part of the Commons ; the majority of the other part were the richer gentry - men in most respects like the Lords , and sympa- thising with the Lords . Under the ...
... influence in many boroughs and counties the Lords nominated a considerable part of the Commons ; the majority of the other part were the richer gentry - men in most respects like the Lords , and sympa- thising with the Lords . Under the ...
Page xxvii
... influence within a year or two of 1867. The complete consequences of the Act of 1832 upon the House of Lords could not be seen while the Commons were subject to such aristocratic guidance . Much of the change which might have been ...
... influence within a year or two of 1867. The complete consequences of the Act of 1832 upon the House of Lords could not be seen while the Commons were subject to such aristocratic guidance . Much of the change which might have been ...
Page xxxi
... influence of rank to work much more on men singly than on men collectively ; it is an influence which most men - at least most Englishmen- feel very much , but of which most Englishmen are somewhat ashamed . Accordingly , when any ...
... influence of rank to work much more on men singly than on men collectively ; it is an influence which most men - at least most Englishmen- feel very much , but of which most Englishmen are somewhat ashamed . Accordingly , when any ...
Page xxxiii
... influence ? If we prefer real weight to unreal prestige , why may we not have it ? " The reply is , that the whole body of the Lords have an incalculably greater influence over society while there is still a House of Lords , than they ...
... influence ? If we prefer real weight to unreal prestige , why may we not have it ? " The reply is , that the whole body of the Lords have an incalculably greater influence over society while there is still a House of Lords , than they ...
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