The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third, 1760-1860, Volume 1Longmans, Green, 1868 - Constitutional history |
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... House of Lords Rights of Scottish peers Gradual fusion of the peerages of the three kingdoms Hereditary descent the characteristic of the peerage Life peerages The lords spiritual Attempts to exclude them from the House of Lords ...
... House of Lords Rights of Scottish peers Gradual fusion of the peerages of the three kingdoms Hereditary descent the characteristic of the peerage Life peerages The lords spiritual Attempts to exclude them from the House of Lords ...
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... House of Lords has ever been more closely associated with the crown and its interests , than the House of Commons . The nobles of every land are the support and ornament of the court : and in England they are recognised as an outwork of ...
... House of Lords has ever been more closely associated with the crown and its interests , than the House of Commons . The nobles of every land are the support and ornament of the court : and in England they are recognised as an outwork of ...
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... House of Lords has always ranged itself on the side of the crown . It has supported the king himself against his own ministers ; it has yielded up its convictions at his word ; and where party con- nexions have brought it into conflict ...
... House of Lords has always ranged itself on the side of the crown . It has supported the king himself against his own ministers ; it has yielded up its convictions at his word ; and where party con- nexions have brought it into conflict ...
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... Lord Brougham's Statesmen : Works , iii . 11 . 2 See debate in House of Lords , 22nd March , 1753 ; Walpole's Mem . , iv . 139 ; Dodington's Diary , 190 , 194 , 197 , 228 . 3 Walpole says , " The princess , whose ambition yielded to ...
... Lord Brougham's Statesmen : Works , iii . 11 . 2 See debate in House of Lords , 22nd March , 1753 ; Walpole's Mem . , iv . 139 ; Dodington's Diary , 190 , 194 , 197 , 228 . 3 Walpole says , " The princess , whose ambition yielded to ...
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... Lord Bute became the most influential of the ministers . He undertook the chief management of public affairs in the cabinet , and the sole direction of the House of Lords.2 He con- sulted none of his colleagues , except Lord Egremont ...
... Lord Bute became the most influential of the ministers . He undertook the chief management of public affairs in the cabinet , and the sole direction of the House of Lords.2 He con- sulted none of his colleagues , except Lord Egremont ...
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