The True Theory of Representation in a State ...Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - Representative government and representation - 101 pages |
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... House of Commons , and , as might have been expected , with a corresponding degree of success . Interests of various kinds , principally those of property and commerce , were , in what we must conclude to be a very dark period of our ...
... House of Commons , and , as might have been expected , with a corresponding degree of success . Interests of various kinds , principally those of property and commerce , were , in what we must conclude to be a very dark period of our ...
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... House of Commons , and also in the House of Lords - which , though not considered as the representative assembly of the nation , is , and acts as such , in many respects - by the religious belief and moral character of the members of 26 ...
... House of Commons , and also in the House of Lords - which , though not considered as the representative assembly of the nation , is , and acts as such , in many respects - by the religious belief and moral character of the members of 26 ...
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... Parliament . This interest is directly represented by the presence of the bishops in the House of Lords , the object ... House of Commons the higher interest alluded to has been further diminished by the exclusion of the clergy from that ...
... Parliament . This interest is directly represented by the presence of the bishops in the House of Lords , the object ... House of Commons the higher interest alluded to has been further diminished by the exclusion of the clergy from that ...
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... House of Commons only by the influence of those of the constituency who are devoted to these pursuits , but who in every popular electoral district must form a very inconsiderable minority , so that this influence will be entirely ...
... House of Commons only by the influence of those of the constituency who are devoted to these pursuits , but who in every popular electoral district must form a very inconsiderable minority , so that this influence will be entirely ...
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... Parliament against the influence of the trading and monetary interest , by requiring that the representatives chosen ... House of Commons . This was at a time , too , when the majority of the towns which now send representatives were not ...
... Parliament against the influence of the trading and monetary interest , by requiring that the representatives chosen ... House of Commons . This was at a time , too , when the majority of the towns which now send representatives were not ...
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