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... members of parliament . I pass over here all considera- tions how far such a system will be an improvement of our constitution according to any sound theory . Not that I mean to condemn such speculative inquiries concerning this great ...
... members of parliament . I pass over here all considera- tions how far such a system will be an improvement of our constitution according to any sound theory . Not that I mean to condemn such speculative inquiries concerning this great ...
Page 261
... parliamentary union . But let us , to indulge his passion for projects and power , suppose the happy time arrived , when the author comes into the ministry , and is to realize his speculations . The writs are issued for electing members ...
... parliamentary union . But let us , to indulge his passion for projects and power , suppose the happy time arrived , when the author comes into the ministry , and is to realize his speculations . The writs are issued for electing members ...
Page 263
... members of parliament , returning officers , petitions , and witnesses , the electors and elected , should become a prize to the French or Spaniards , and be conveyed to Car- thagena , or to La Vera Cruz , and from thence perhaps to ...
... members of parliament , returning officers , petitions , and witnesses , the electors and elected , should become a prize to the French or Spaniards , and be conveyed to Car- thagena , or to La Vera Cruz , and from thence perhaps to ...
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... parliament . If an emulation arose among the ministers and members of parliament , as the author rightly observes , ' for the repeal of this act , as well as for the other regulations , it was not on the confident assertions , the airy ...
... parliament . If an emulation arose among the ministers and members of parliament , as the author rightly observes , ' for the repeal of this act , as well as for the other regulations , it was not on the confident assertions , the airy ...
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... members of parliament . No private views , no local interests prevailed . Never were points in trade settled upon a larger scale of information . They who attended these meetings well know , what ministers they were who heard the most ...
... members of parliament . No private views , no local interests prevailed . Never were points in trade settled upon a larger scale of information . They who attended these meetings well know , what ministers they were who heard the most ...
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