The Memoirs, Private and Political, of Daniel O'Connell, Esq., from the Year 1776 to the Close of the Proceedings in Parliament for the Repeal of the Union: Compiled from Official Documents |
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... Commons , which at that time was composed of any but the representatives of the people , but were in reality , the servile tools of a bigoted and intolerant government . By this venal House of Commons writs were refused to many of the ...
... Commons , which at that time was composed of any but the representatives of the people , but were in reality , the servile tools of a bigoted and intolerant government . By this venal House of Commons writs were refused to many of the ...
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... Commons were elected for the life of the reigning sovereign . The inconvenience of responsibility was entirely removed , and the members of the the House of Commons acquired interests separate and ex- empt from the control of their ...
... Commons were elected for the life of the reigning sovereign . The inconvenience of responsibility was entirely removed , and the members of the the House of Commons acquired interests separate and ex- empt from the control of their ...
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... Commons taking the following lamenta- ble grievance into consideration , viz . " A petition of one Ed- ward Sprag and others , in behalf of themselves and other Protestant porters , in and about the city of Dublin , complain- ing that ...
... Commons taking the following lamenta- ble grievance into consideration , viz . " A petition of one Ed- ward Sprag and others , in behalf of themselves and other Protestant porters , in and about the city of Dublin , complain- ing that ...
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... Commons . was stocked with those bigots , which passed a bill to prevent occasional conformity in England , in other words to prohibit all persons holding any kind of office , from ever entering the door of any but a place of worship ...
... Commons . was stocked with those bigots , which passed a bill to prevent occasional conformity in England , in other words to prohibit all persons holding any kind of office , from ever entering the door of any but a place of worship ...
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... Commons , and desertions became so frequent , that they were formally checked . The small remainder of Catholic power in the country was roused to a dying struggle , and some men of powerful oratory and never - to - be - forgotten ...
... Commons , and desertions became so frequent , that they were formally checked . The small remainder of Catholic power in the country was roused to a dying struggle , and some men of powerful oratory and never - to - be - forgotten ...
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