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suppose that — at any rate , for a considerable period — Members of the House of Commons could be assimilated to the Aldermen and Councillors of New York . But corruption has its degrees and its growth ; mercenary legislation would ...
suppose that — at any rate , for a considerable period — Members of the House of Commons could be assimilated to the Aldermen and Councillors of New York . But corruption has its degrees and its growth ; mercenary legislation would ...
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You would have every great landowner in this House , every great manufacturer , and some merchants . But in a short time you would find that you did not have that hold over the Executive which you had under the old system .
You would have every great landowner in this House , every great manufacturer , and some merchants . But in a short time you would find that you did not have that hold over the Executive which you had under the old system .
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As they display great ability , and are remarkable for that debating power which is more esteemed in the House of Commons than any other oratorical gift , and are neither numerous nor lengthy , their exclusion from the publication ...
As they display great ability , and are remarkable for that debating power which is more esteemed in the House of Commons than any other oratorical gift , and are neither numerous nor lengthy , their exclusion from the publication ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 122 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1867 |
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