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... representative system such as it is , or to make it perfectly symmetrical . I think , Sir , that the Ministers would have acted unwisely if they had taken either course . Their principle is plain , rational , and consistent . It is this ...
... representative system such as it is , or to make it perfectly symmetrical . I think , Sir , that the Ministers would have acted unwisely if they had taken either course . Their principle is plain , rational , and consistent . It is this ...
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... representative system would produce on the mind of a foreigner , who had heard much of our freedom and greatness . If , Sir , I wished to make such a foreigner clearly understand what I consider as the great defects of our system , I ...
... representative system would produce on the mind of a foreigner , who had heard much of our freedom and greatness . If , Sir , I wished to make such a foreigner clearly understand what I consider as the great defects of our system , I ...
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... representative institutions gave Members to Aldborough when it was as small as it now is , those who would disfranchise it on account of its smallness have no right to say that they are recurring to the original principle of our ...
... representative institutions gave Members to Aldborough when it was as small as it now is , those who would disfranchise it on account of its smallness have no right to say that they are recurring to the original principle of our ...
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... representatives of the people , should not have been held sacred . The proceedings which my honourable friend has mentioned , no more prove that , by the ancient constitution of the realm , this House ought to be a tool of the king and ...
... representatives of the people , should not have been held sacred . The proceedings which my honourable friend has mentioned , no more prove that , by the ancient constitution of the realm , this House ought to be a tool of the king and ...
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... Representatives to Manchester , how can there be any danger in giving Representatives to Manchester ? A virtual Representative is , I presume , a man who acts as a direct Representative would act : for surely it would be absurd to say ...
... Representatives to Manchester , how can there be any danger in giving Representatives to Manchester ? A virtual Representative is , I presume , a man who acts as a direct Representative would act : for surely it would be absurd to say ...
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Página 477 - No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear. All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Página 469 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out spake Spurius Lartius ; A Ramnian proud was he: "Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.
Página 544 - Rochelle, proud city of the waters, Again let rapture light the eyes of all thy mourning daughters. As thou wert constant in our ills, be joyous in our joy, For cold, and stiff, and still are they who wrought thy walls annoy.
Página 469 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Página 545 - Ho ! maidens of Vienna ! Ho ! matrons of Lucerne ! Weep, weep, and rend your hair for those who never shall return. Ho ! Philip, send, for charity, thy Mexican pistoles, That Antwerp monks may sing a mass for thy poor spearmen's souls...
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Página 463 - Tall are the oaks whose acorns Drop in dark Auser's rill ; Fat are the stags that champ the boughs Of the Ciminian hill ; Beyond all streams Clitumnus Is to the herdsman dear ; Best of all pools the fowler loves The great Volsinian mere.