A history of England, from the conclusion of the great war in 1815 [to 1858].Longmans, Green, and Company, 1879 - Great Britain |
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... Borough Owners County Constituencies Borough Constituencies . Close Boroughs Their Sale . Promoted by the Accumulation of Wealth . Bribery . Expense of Elections Election Petitions Pensions and Sinecures . Peerages The Evils of the ...
... Borough Owners County Constituencies Borough Constituencies . Close Boroughs Their Sale . Promoted by the Accumulation of Wealth . Bribery . Expense of Elections Election Petitions Pensions and Sinecures . Peerages The Evils of the ...
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... Borough Owners County Constituencies Close Boroughs . 135 · 138 . Election Petitions Borough Constituencies . Their Sale . Bribery . Expense of Elections Pensions and Sinecures . Peerages The Evils of the System of Government Its ...
... Borough Owners County Constituencies Close Boroughs . 135 · 138 . Election Petitions Borough Constituencies . Their Sale . Bribery . Expense of Elections Pensions and Sinecures . Peerages The Evils of the System of Government Its ...
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... borough , had the misfortune to lose his sight in 1723 , when he was only six years old . But the boy , notwith- standing this loss , joined in the rough sports of his play- mates . He climbed trees , and , guided by the directions of ...
... borough , had the misfortune to lose his sight in 1723 , when he was only six years old . But the boy , notwith- standing this loss , joined in the rough sports of his play- mates . He climbed trees , and , guided by the directions of ...
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... borough it placed the figure of a salmon on its shield . The salmon have long been driven from the river ; but the fisheries have been replaced by more beneficial in- dustries . The population rose from 4,500 in 1560 to about 12,000 in ...
... borough it placed the figure of a salmon on its shield . The salmon have long been driven from the river ; but the fisheries have been replaced by more beneficial in- dustries . The population rose from 4,500 in 1560 to about 12,000 in ...
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... borough of Hull a young man endowed with ability of the very highest order ; eloquent beyond almost all his other contemporaries , and animated with a sin- gular zeal for everything that might advance the honour of his God , or promote ...
... borough of Hull a young man endowed with ability of the very highest order ; eloquent beyond almost all his other contemporaries , and animated with a sin- gular zeal for everything that might advance the honour of his God , or promote ...
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