Felix Holt, the RadicalHarper, 1871 - 529 pages |
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Page 12
... voted for the Bill . He did not grapple with the paradox ; he let it pass , with all the discreetness of an experienced theologian or learned scholiast , preferring to point his whip at some object which could raise no questions . No ...
... voted for the Bill . He did not grapple with the paradox ; he let it pass , with all the discreetness of an experienced theologian or learned scholiast , preferring to point his whip at some object which could raise no questions . No ...
Page 58
... votes when they had no stake in the country . On the other hand , there were some Tories who gave themselves a great deal of leisure to abuse hypocrites , Radicals , Dissenters , and atheism gen- erally , but whose inflamed faces ...
... votes when they had no stake in the country . On the other hand , there were some Tories who gave themselves a great deal of leisure to abuse hypocrites , Radicals , Dissenters , and atheism gen- erally , but whose inflamed faces ...
Page 59
... vote at all . It seemed an invidious thing to vote for one gentleman rather than another . These social changes in Treby parish are comparatively public matters , and this history is chiefly concerned with the private lot of a few men ...
... vote at all . It seemed an invidious thing to vote for one gentleman rather than another . These social changes in Treby parish are comparatively public matters , and this history is chiefly concerned with the private lot of a few men ...
Page 83
... vote in the county that has a price . " " He is come , " said Esther . " I heard Miss Jermyn tell her sister that she had seen him going out of her father's room . " " " Tis strange , " said Mr. Lyon . " Something extraordinary must ...
... vote in the county that has a price . " " He is come , " said Esther . " I heard Miss Jermyn tell her sister that she had seen him going out of her father's room . " " " Tis strange , " said Mr. Lyon . " Something extraordinary must ...
Page 148
... vote for the county . He was not one of those mean - spirit- ed men who found the franchise embarrassing , and would rather have been without it : he regarded his vote as part of his investment , and meant to make the best of it . He ...
... vote for the county . He was not one of those mean - spirit- ed men who found the franchise embarrassing , and would rather have been without it : he regarded his vote as part of his investment , and meant to make the best of it . He ...
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