The virtue, spirit, and essence of a House of Commons consists in its being the express image of the feelings of the nation. It was not instituted to be a control upon the people, as of late it has been taught, by a doctrine of the most pernicious tendency.... The State of the Nation: In a Series of Letters to His Grace, the Duke of ... - Page 95 by John Cartwright - 1805 - 173 pages Full view -
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