The Quarterly Review, Volume 216William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1912 |
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... House of Commons . Printed by order of the House of Commons . London : n.d. [ 1744 ( ? ) ] . 2. Journals of the House of Lords . London : n.d. [ 1771 ( ? ) ] . And other works . ART . 2. - NEW LIGHT ON GEORGE SAND PAGE - 1 1. Lettres à ...
... House of Commons . Printed by order of the House of Commons . London : n.d. [ 1744 ( ? ) ] . 2. Journals of the House of Lords . London : n.d. [ 1771 ( ? ) ] . And other works . ART . 2. - NEW LIGHT ON GEORGE SAND PAGE - 1 1. Lettres à ...
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... House of Commons . Printed by order of the House of Commons . London : n.d. [ 1744 ( ? ) ] . 2. Journals of the House of Lords . London : n.d. [ 1771 ( ? ) ] . 3. Rotuli Parliamentorum ut et Petitiones et Placita in Parliamento . Six ...
... House of Commons . Printed by order of the House of Commons . London : n.d. [ 1744 ( ? ) ] . 2. Journals of the House of Lords . London : n.d. [ 1771 ( ? ) ] . 3. Rotuli Parliamentorum ut et Petitiones et Placita in Parliamento . Six ...
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... House of Commons . Even in elections , however , unanimity long prevailed . By the Reform Act of 1406 returns were to be sealed by all the county electors . The majority of votes was made decisive in 1430 , when the forty - shilling ...
... House of Commons . Even in elections , however , unanimity long prevailed . By the Reform Act of 1406 returns were to be sealed by all the county electors . The majority of votes was made decisive in 1430 , when the forty - shilling ...
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... House did divide ; and the number that said Yea to the Bill were 201 persons , and against the Bill , but 120 ; and so the Bill passed * with Yea . ' " But a very significant addendum follows . It is agreed by the House that Mr Speaker ...
... House did divide ; and the number that said Yea to the Bill were 201 persons , and against the Bill , but 120 ; and so the Bill passed * with Yea . ' " But a very significant addendum follows . It is agreed by the House that Mr Speaker ...
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... House , the creditor's remedy was preserved to him by 14 votes . This incident , related by Hollingshead ( p . 955 ) , appears to be the first unequivocal instance of a division in the House of Commons : but it dealt with a mere ...
... House , the creditor's remedy was preserved to him by 14 votes . This incident , related by Hollingshead ( p . 955 ) , appears to be the first unequivocal instance of a division in the House of Commons : but it dealt with a mere ...
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Page 93 - God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen do most plainly testify; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himself...
Page 455 - Inclosures at that time began to be more frequent, whereby arable land, which could not be manured without people and families, was turned into pasture, which was easily rid by a few herdsmen ; and tenances for years, lives, and at will, whereupon much of the yeomanry lived, were turned into demesnes.
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Page 471 - I saw that Reformation principles were powerless to rescue her. As to leaving her, the thought never crossed my imagination ; still I ever kept before me that there was something greater than the Established Church, and that that was the Church Catholic and Apostolic, set up from the beginning, of which she was but the local presence and the organ. She was nothing, unless she was this. She must be dealt with strongly, or she would be lost. There was need of a second reformation.
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