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... principle is that our conclusions are formed on the reasons adduced in debate . In political matters peers are supposed to understand the subject under discussion , and often vote without hearing the debate , giving their confidence to ...
... principle is that our conclusions are formed on the reasons adduced in debate . In political matters peers are supposed to understand the subject under discussion , and often vote without hearing the debate , giving their confidence to ...
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... principles which seemed to have been borrowed from the statesman whose life he had condemned as " one great appropriation clause . " The personal records of these two years are as full of startling surprises as any of the great dramas ...
... principles which seemed to have been borrowed from the statesman whose life he had condemned as " one great appropriation clause . " The personal records of these two years are as full of startling surprises as any of the great dramas ...
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... principle and degree of protection to agriculture . " There are hints here of suspension " for a limited period , ” of " alterations , " of the " degree " of protection to be afforded to agriculture ; but nothing to lead any one to ...
... principle and degree of protection to agriculture . " There are hints here of suspension " for a limited period , ” of " alterations , " of the " degree " of protection to be afforded to agriculture ; but nothing to lead any one to ...
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... principle - would , I believe , be ruin to the monarchical party and to the country * [ No answer to this letter has been found . ] -and I should abandon in despair all attention to public 38 [ CHAP . XXIV . THE CROKER PAPERS .
... principle - would , I believe , be ruin to the monarchical party and to the country * [ No answer to this letter has been found . ] -and I should abandon in despair all attention to public 38 [ CHAP . XXIV . THE CROKER PAPERS .
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... principles which it has advocated , especially that of maintaining the landed interest , afford the only safe , and would prove , if pursued with courage and determination , ultimately the most popular basis of Govern- ment in this ...
... principles which it has advocated , especially that of maintaining the landed interest , afford the only safe , and would prove , if pursued with courage and determination , ultimately the most popular basis of Govern- ment in this ...
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