Representative Government in England: Its Faults and FailuresKegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, 1881 - 220 Seiten |
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... ment - How such slow progress is made PAGE xi . - xxvi . CHAPTER I. EARLY REPRESENTATIVE PARLIAMENTS , History of , divided into three periods The Commons passive during the first period Aggressive during the second I 2 3 ... Insolent ...
... ment - How such slow progress is made PAGE xi . - xxvi . CHAPTER I. EARLY REPRESENTATIVE PARLIAMENTS , History of , divided into three periods The Commons passive during the first period Aggressive during the second I 2 3 ... Insolent ...
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... ment ... ... ... Objections answered ... Plan proposed would secure continuity of representation Prevent sudden changes of rulers Reduce the cost of elections ... ... 182 ... 183 ... 184 ... 188 ... 189 190 ... And improve the ...
... ment ... ... ... Objections answered ... Plan proposed would secure continuity of representation Prevent sudden changes of rulers Reduce the cost of elections ... ... 182 ... 183 ... 184 ... 188 ... 189 190 ... And improve the ...
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... ment has responded languidly to the wishes of t nation . It has seldom acted promptly and decisive It has never done to - day what it could put off t to - morrow ; and what it has done , it has done grud ingly . Piecemeal legislation ...
... ment has responded languidly to the wishes of t nation . It has seldom acted promptly and decisive It has never done to - day what it could put off t to - morrow ; and what it has done , it has done grud ingly . Piecemeal legislation ...
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... ment . The people were quiescent after the collapse of the Chartist movement , but this was because they saw how utterly hopeless was the attempt , as Parlia- ment was then constituted , to carry any one of the numerous reforms that ...
... ment . The people were quiescent after the collapse of the Chartist movement , but this was because they saw how utterly hopeless was the attempt , as Parlia- ment was then constituted , to carry any one of the numerous reforms that ...
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... ment might have succeeded had it been in abler hands . The agitation suddenly collapsed , and not one of the many reforms demanded was advanced a single step by a movement which produced an amount of excitement unparalleled in recent ...
... ment might have succeeded had it been in abler hands . The agitation suddenly collapsed , and not one of the many reforms demanded was advanced a single step by a movement which produced an amount of excitement unparalleled in recent ...
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