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Page 242
... House of Lords would have become as close and im- pervious to the irruption of Plebeians as the Senate - House of Venice . Fortunately for the country , the honest indignation of Steele , and the commanding eloquence of Walpole ...
... House of Lords would have become as close and im- pervious to the irruption of Plebeians as the Senate - House of Venice . Fortunately for the country , the honest indignation of Steele , and the commanding eloquence of Walpole ...
Page 245
... House of Commons ; and , if committed to the more opulent members of the com- munity , that they would end in a worse edition of the House of Lords . If we are to take lessons from other nations , the constitution of the Roman Senate ...
... House of Commons ; and , if committed to the more opulent members of the com- munity , that they would end in a worse edition of the House of Lords . If we are to take lessons from other nations , the constitution of the Roman Senate ...
Page 246
... House of Commons ; and in the mean while they would enjoy , like the Scotch aud Irish peers , all the other privi- leges of their rank . That this change would reduce the numbers of the House of Lords cannot be doubted . None would find ...
... House of Commons ; and in the mean while they would enjoy , like the Scotch aud Irish peers , all the other privi- leges of their rank . That this change would reduce the numbers of the House of Lords cannot be doubted . None would find ...
Contents
Sir Thomas Brownes Works including his Life | 1 |
Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan and on the site | 35 |
Poggii Epistolæ Editas collegit et emendavit pleras | 60 |
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