 This House is not the representative of the People of Great Britain. It is the representative of nominal boroughs, of ruined and exterminated towns, of noble families, of wealthy individuals, of foreign potentates.  Modern European History - Page 432by Charles Downer Hazen - 1917 - 650 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Romilly - Great Britain - 1840 - 496 pages
...dissembled. This House is not the representative of the people of Great Britain ; it is the representative of nominal boroughs, of ruined and exterminated towns,...families, of wealthy individuals, of foreign potentates ; and this is surely the most to be dreaded of all the misfortunes that can befall a nation, for there... | |
 | sir Samuel Romilly - 1840 - 498 pages
...dissembled. This House is not the representative of the people of Great Britain ; it is the representative of nominal boroughs, of ruined and exterminated towns,...families, of wealthy individuals, of foreign potentates : and this is surely the most to be dreaded of all the misfortunes that can befall a nation, for there... | |
 | Sir Samuel Romilly - Lawyers - 1840 - 492 pages
...dissembled. This House is not the representative of the people of Great Britain ; it is the representative of nominal boroughs, of ruined and exterminated towns,...families, of wealthy individuals, of foreign potentates ; and this is surely the most to be dreaded of all the misfortunes that can befall a nation, for there... | |
 | Samuel Romilly - Great Britain - 1840 - 500 pages
...dissembled. This House is not the representative of the people of Great Britain ; it is the representative of nominal boroughs, of ruined and exterminated towns,...families, of wealthy individuals, of foreign potentates ; and this is surely the most to be dreaded of all the misfortunes that can befall a nation, for there... | |
 | American periodicals - 1872 - 862 pages
...said : "This House is not the representative of the people of Great Britain ; it is the representative of nominal boroughs, of ruined and exterminated towns,...families, of wealthy individuals, of foreign potentates." One of these foreign potentates, the Nabob of Arcot, had eight nominees ia the House. A well-known... | |
 | William Massey - Great Britain - 1855 - 604 pages
...later, 'this House is not the representative of the people of Great Britain. It is the representative of nominal boroughs; of ruined and exterminated towns;...families; of wealthy individuals, of foreign potentates.' e Tarty policy. Each petty chief of party had his staff of spies, agents and go-betweens. The business... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - Great Britain - 1874 - 434 pages
...: ' This House is not the representative of the people of Great Britain ; it is the representative of nominal boroughs, of ruined and exterminated towns, of noble families, of w ealthy individuals, of foreign potentates.' He stated that one of these foreign potentates, the Nabob... | |
 | William Massey - Great Britain - 1865 - 460 pages
...later, ' this House is not the representative of the people of Great Britain. It is the representative of nominal boroughs ; of ruined and exterminated towns...families; of wealthy individuals, of foreign potentates.' f Each petty chief of party had his staff of spies, agents and go-betweens. The business arypo ty.... | |
 | Harvard University - 1874 - 668 pages
...1783 : " This House is not the representative of the people of Great Britain. It ia the representative of nominal boroughs ; of ruined and exterminated towns;...families; of wealthy individuals; of foreign potentates." Give some illustrations of this passage, and then show how popular principles were kept alive under... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - Great Britain - 1874 - 484 pages
...: ' This House is not the representative of the people of Great Britain ; it is the representative of nominal boroughs, of ruined and exterminated towns, of noble families, of w ealthy individuals, of foreign potentates.' He stated that one of these foreign potentates, the Nabob... | |
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