An Impartial History of Ireland: From the Period of the English Invasion to the Present Time : from Authentic Documents, Volume 4 |
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Page 66
... boroughs , and venal factious electors scarcely less rotten , and few in number , as the great majority of the nation was excluded from elections , the majority was , by its very formation , at the disposal of the highest bidder . Hence ...
... boroughs , and venal factious electors scarcely less rotten , and few in number , as the great majority of the nation was excluded from elections , the majority was , by its very formation , at the disposal of the highest bidder . Hence ...
Page 98
... boroughs , created by James I. together with other decayed places , the paucity and dependence of electors in many places , filled the house of commons with the creatures of aris- tocracy and the castle . It had been generally the ...
... boroughs , created by James I. together with other decayed places , the paucity and dependence of electors in many places , filled the house of commons with the creatures of aris- tocracy and the castle . It had been generally the ...
Page 99
... value was done for Ireland . An octennial parliament was , after many struggles , obtained , in 1768 , without much mending the rotten fabric thereof . The borough holders were the chief gainers ; as the OF IRELAND . 99.
... value was done for Ireland . An octennial parliament was , after many struggles , obtained , in 1768 , without much mending the rotten fabric thereof . The borough holders were the chief gainers ; as the OF IRELAND . 99.
Page 100
... borough holders were the chief gainers ; as the value of a single seat rose thereupon to two thousand pounds . The impotence of the protestant colonial par- liament , to relieve the wretched Irish , could not appear more clearly than in ...
... borough holders were the chief gainers ; as the value of a single seat rose thereupon to two thousand pounds . The impotence of the protestant colonial par- liament , to relieve the wretched Irish , could not appear more clearly than in ...
Page 157
... borough , who shall act in op- position to our instructions , and who will not subscribe a test to obey them previous to the election , or who shall absent himself when those questions on which we instruct him are agitated in parliament ...
... borough , who shall act in op- position to our instructions , and who will not subscribe a test to obey them previous to the election , or who shall absent himself when those questions on which we instruct him are agitated in parliament ...
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