The Dictionary of English HistorySir Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling |
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... Reform Bill , and in 1835 the Municipal Reform Act and a subsequent Act in 1859 did away with the old order of aldermen ( except in London ) , and enacted that their successors were to be elected for six years instead of for life , one ...
... Reform Bill , and in 1835 the Municipal Reform Act and a subsequent Act in 1859 did away with the old order of aldermen ( except in London ) , and enacted that their successors were to be elected for six years instead of for life , one ...
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... reform ; and Fox him- self devoted all his ability to negotiating a peace with France , and too late learned to gauge the restless ambition of Napoleon , with the result of being convinced that his long - cherished hope of peace was in ...
... reform ; and Fox him- self devoted all his ability to negotiating a peace with France , and too late learned to gauge the restless ambition of Napoleon , with the result of being convinced that his long - cherished hope of peace was in ...
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... reforms to simplify and consolidate the too numerous Acts which had oppressed the nation under his father . So the ... reform , was remarkable as formally instituting , and giving legislative recognition to , the jury system in ...
... reforms to simplify and consolidate the too numerous Acts which had oppressed the nation under his father . So the ... reform , was remarkable as formally instituting , and giving legislative recognition to , the jury system in ...
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... reform , and the chief founder in 1829 of the Birmingham Political Union . He was one of the first members for Birmingham after the passing of the Reform Bill of 1832 . Auchmuty , SIR SAMUEL ( b . 1762 , d . 1822 ) , entered the army at ...
... reform , and the chief founder in 1829 of the Birmingham Political Union . He was one of the first members for Birmingham after the passing of the Reform Bill of 1832 . Auchmuty , SIR SAMUEL ( b . 1762 , d . 1822 ) , entered the army at ...
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... reform , which resulted in the Reform Bill of 1832 , it was not lost sight of as a remedy for bribery ; and some disappointment was felt , on the introduction of the Reform Bill by Lord J. Russell , that provisions for secret voting ...
... reform , which resulted in the Reform Bill of 1832 , it was not lost sight of as a remedy for bribery ; and some disappointment was felt , on the introduction of the Reform Bill by Lord J. Russell , that provisions for secret voting ...
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Page 198 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
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Page 374 - England, the Imperial Crown of the realm of England, and of all the kingdoms, dominions, and rights belonging to the same, did by inherent birthright and lawful and undoubted succession descend and come to your most excellent Majesty, as being lineally, justly, and lawfully next and sole heir of the blood royal of this realm...