Parliament: Its Romance, Its Comedy, Its PathosP.S. King & Son, 1902 - 406 pages |
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... House of Commons in order to escape the consequences of their heavy liabilities . In one case an English member named Mills , who owed £ 23,000 , and for whose arrest a warrant was in the hands of the sheriff , avoided imprisonment by ...
... House of Commons in order to escape the consequences of their heavy liabilities . In one case an English member named Mills , who owed £ 23,000 , and for whose arrest a warrant was in the hands of the sheriff , avoided imprisonment by ...
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... House of Commons , required of every representative of the people the further security of a special sworn declaration of his allegiance before its Lord Steward . The next stage in the evolution of the Parliamen- tary oaths was reached ...
... House of Commons , required of every representative of the people the further security of a special sworn declaration of his allegiance before its Lord Steward . The next stage in the evolution of the Parliamen- tary oaths was reached ...
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... House of Commons , brought in a Bill to remove the barrier which excluded his Jewish colleague in the representa- tion of the City from the House of Commons . The Bill passed through the Commons , though strongly opposed by the Tories ...
... House of Commons , brought in a Bill to remove the barrier which excluded his Jewish colleague in the representa- tion of the City from the House of Commons . The Bill passed through the Commons , though strongly opposed by the Tories ...
Contents
СКАР | 1 |
THE FIRST OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL SOVEREIGNS | 25 |
HOW EDWARD VII OPENED HIS FIRST PARLIAMENT | 84 |
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