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Page 114
... result is one and good . There is a " feeling of the House , " a " sense " of the House , and no one who knows anything of it can despise it . A very shrewd man of the world went so far as to say that " the House of Com- mons has more ...
... result is one and good . There is a " feeling of the House , " a " sense " of the House , and no one who knows anything of it can despise it . A very shrewd man of the world went so far as to say that " the House of Com- mons has more ...
Page 116
... result is patent . Do you make money or do you not make it ? There is as little appeal from figures as from battle . Now no one can doubt that England is a great deal better off because of free trade ; that it has more money , and that ...
... result is patent . Do you make money or do you not make it ? There is as little appeal from figures as from battle . Now no one can doubt that England is a great deal better off because of free trade ; that it has more money , and that ...
Page 123
... English assembly . But the result was deplorable . Not by means of his black - letter authorities , but by means of his recognised authority and his vivid impression , he induced the House of Lords to reject THE HOUSE OF LORDS . 123.
... English assembly . But the result was deplorable . Not by means of his black - letter authorities , but by means of his recognised authority and his vivid impression , he induced the House of Lords to reject THE HOUSE OF LORDS . 123.
Page 136
... result of singular importance ; were it not so , it could not be , as it often is considered , the sole result of its annual assembling . Some persons will perhaps think that I ought to enumerate a sixth function of the House of Commons ...
... result of singular importance ; were it not so , it could not be , as it often is considered , the sole result of its annual assembling . Some persons will perhaps think that I ought to enumerate a sixth function of the House of Commons ...
Page 149
... results of tried machinery . But Mr. Hare and Mr. Mill offer as the effect of their new scheme results as large and improvements as interesting as a young enthusiast ever promised to himself in his happiest mood . I do not give any ...
... results of tried machinery . But Mr. Hare and Mr. Mill offer as the effect of their new scheme results as large and improvements as interesting as a young enthusiast ever promised to himself in his happiest mood . I do not give any ...
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