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The celebrated speech of Sir Robert Walpole, against short Parliaments; to shew that a parliamentary reform is both unnecessary and dangerous. With a preface on the times, to the Right Honourable Henry Dundas, One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State; and an appendix, to both Houses of Parliament.
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745.Date: M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]- Books
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Letter on parliamentary reform, containing a short review of the origin and constitution of parliaments; with observations on the petition presented by Mr. Grey, and on some of the arguments for and against it.
Date: 1793- Books
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Copy of the Duke of Richmond's letter, on a parliamentary reform, addressed to Lieut. Col. Sharman. With strictures on the British constitutional rights of the people.
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806.Date: 1792- Books
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Essays on the following interesting subjects: viz. I. Government. II. Revolutions. III. The British Constitution. IV. Kingly Government. V. Parliamentary Representation & Reform. VI. Liberty & Equality. Vii. Taxation. and, Viii. The present war, & the stagnation of credit as connected with it. By John Young, D. D. Minister of the Gospel at Hawick.
Young, John, minister of the Gospel at Hawick, in Scotland.Date: [1799]- Books
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Essays on the following interesting subjects: viz. I. Government. II. Revolutions. III. The British Constitution. IV. Kingly Government. V. Parliamentary Representation & Reform. VI. Liberty & Equality. Vii. Taxation. and, Viii. The present war, & the stagnation of credit as connected with it. By John Young, D. D. Minister of the Gospel at Hawick.
Young, John, minister of the Gospel at Hawick, in Scotland.Date: M,DCC,XCIV. [1794]- Books
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An address to the Right Worshipful the Mayor and Corporation, to the worshipful the wardens and corporation of the Trinity-House, and to the worthy burgesses of the town of Kingston-Upon-Hull. By David Hartley, Esq. Containing new And Forcible arguments in favour of a parliamentary reform At This Remarkable Aera. To which is added a letter to the Right Hon. Charles James Fox, by John Cartwright, Esq.
Hartley, David, approximately 1731-1813.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
The Royal Society in the XIXth century : being a statistical summary of its labours during the last thirty-five years. With many original tables and official documents (never before published) shewing the constitution of the Society - the character of its fellows - its various proceedings - and pecuniary expenditure for "improving natural knowledge;" and a plan for its reform. To which are added, alphabetical and seniority lists of the fellows since the year 1800 (arranged purposely for this occasion) / by A.B. Granville.
Granville, A. B. (Augustus Bozzi), 1783-1872.Date: 1836- Books
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Address to the nation, from the London Corresponding Society, on the subject of a thorough Parliamentary Reform; Together with the Resolutions which were passed at a General meeting of the Society; Held on Monday, the 8th of July, 1793. At the Crown and Anchor Tavern Strand,
London Corresponding Society.Date: [1793]- Books
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The speech of John Thelwall, at the general meeting of the friends of Parliamentary reform, called by the London Corresponding Society, and held in the neighbourhood of Copenhagen-House; on Monday, October 26, 1795. Taken in short-hand by W. Ramsey.
Thelwall, John, 1764-1834.Date: [1795]- Books
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The Inadequacy of Parliamentary representation fully stated: Its pernicious consequences enlarged on, and the objections to a reform answered. Most earnestly addressed to every member of Parliament and elector in the kingdom.
Date: 1783- Books
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An essay on parliamentary reform, and on the evils likely to ensue, from a Republican Constitution, in Ireland. By Theobald Mc. Kenna, Esq. Author of the Declaration of the Catholic Society, &c.
McKenna, Theobald, -1808.Date: 1793- Pictures
John Russell mixing a large concoction surrounded by a semi-circle of politicians on latrines; representing the Reform Bill which disenfranchised sixty 'rotten' boroughs. Coloured etching by C.J. Grant, 1831.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: March 1831Reference: 12231i- Books
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An address to the people, on the present relative situations of England and France: with reflections on the genius of democracy, and on parliamentary reform. By Robert Fellowes, A. B. Oxon.
Fellowes, Robert, 1771-1847.Date: 1799- Books
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Plans of Parliamentary reform, proved to be visionary, in a letter to the Reverend C. Wyvill, Late Chairman of the Associations. By George Croft, D.D. Late Fellow of University College, Vicar of Arncliffe, Lecturer of St. Martin's in Birmingham, and Chaplain to the Earl of Elgin.
Croft, George, 1747-1809.Date: MDCCXCIII. [1793]- Pictures
A rushing torrent of water, representing parliamentary reform, pours through a gap in a wall into the river Thames throwing numerous men including the Duke of Wellington off their feet. Lithograph by Henry Heath, 1832.
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.Date: 1832Reference: 642194i- Books
Disabled children : a legal handbook.
Broach, SteveDate: 2016- Books
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Proceedings of the public meeting, held at Sheffield, in the open air, on the seventh of April, 1794; And also an address to the British Nation, being an exposition of the motives which have determined the people of Sheffield to petition the House of Commons no more on the subject of parliamentary reform.
Society for Constitutional Information (Sheffield, England)Date: 1794- Books
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A letter of His Grace the Duke of Richmond, in answer to the queries proposed by a committee of correspondence in Ireland, on the subject of a Parliamentary reform. Together with resolutions of the volunteer delegates of the province of Ulster; a letter to the volunteer army of Ulster; and other important papers.
Date: [1783]- Books
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Peaceful discussion, and not tumultuary violence the means of redressing national grievance. The speech of John Thelwall, at the general meeting of the friends of Parliamentary reform, called by the London Corresponding Society; and held in the neighbourhood of Copenhagen-House; on Monday, October 26, 1795. Taken in short-hand by W. Ramsey.
Thelwall, John, 1764-1834.Date: [1795]- Books
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Peaceful discussion, and not tumultuary violence the means of redressing national grievances. The speech delivered by John Thelwall, at the general meeting of the friends of parliamentary reform, called by the London Corresponding Society, and held in an Open Field, near Copenhagen-House; on Monday, October 26, 1795. Taken in short-hand by W. Ramsey.
Thelwall, John, 1764-1834.Date: [1795]- Books
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A collection of the letters which have been addressed to the volunteers of Ireland, on the subject of a Parliamentary Reform, by the Earl of Effingham, Doctor Price, Major Cartwright, Doctor Jebb, and the Rev. Mr. Wyvill. To which are annexed, A Letter of the Rev. Mr. Northcote, on the same Subject; A Letter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sharman to Dr. Jebb, with his Answer; And all the Letters of the Reverend Mr. Wyvill, addressed to the Yorkshire Committee of Association; to John Campbell, Esq. Chairman of the Committee of Stirling Merchants; Brass Crosby, Esq. and Others.
Date: [1783]- Books
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Practical remarks on the measures proposed for reform in the medical profession / by a general practitioner, member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London.
General practitioner.Date: 1841- Books
Aneurin Bevan : 1897-1960 / Michael Foot ; edited by Brian Brivati.
Foot, Michael, 1913-2010.Date: [1997]- Pictures
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Two doctors - left, the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, and right, H. H. Asquith - recommending different remedies to an irate patient; representing arguments surrounding the Parliament Act of 1911 and reform in the House of Lords. Pen drawing by F.C. Gould, 1911.
Gould, F. Carruthers (Francis Carruthers), 1844-1925.Date: 1911Reference: 15747i- Books
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A new and impartial history of England, from the most early period of genuine historical evidence to the present important and alarming crisis; A Period Pregnant with the Fate of Empires, Kingdoms, and States. Containing Authentic, Candid, and Circumstantial Accounts of all the Memorable Transactions, Interesting Events, and Remarkable Occurrences, recorded in the Annals of Great Britain, With A Comprehensive Account of it's Origin and Progressive State, the many Revolutions it has undergone, it's Discoveries, Conquests, Acquisitions, Battles, Sieges, Sea Fights, and other Memorable Events. Also A Concise View of the Antient and Modern Constitution and Political Establishments of Britain, it's Laws, Institutions, Parliaments, Charters, Grants, Commerce, Arts, Sciences, &c. Likewise A Chronological Account of all the Kings and Queens of England: With an Impartial Display of their respective Characters, whether distinguished for their Wisdom in the Cabinet, their Military Atchievements in the Field, their Private Crimes, or their Public Vices. Including An History of the American War and Revolution. To which are Added, Histories of the French Revolution, and the Revolution in Holland, &c. Together with every Memorable Transaction respecting Ireland and other Countries. Interspersed with Remarks, Observations, and Reflections: By which former Errors are corrected, Absurdities pointed out, fabulous Narrations expunged, Party Prejudices removed, and what has hitherto appeared obscure and doubtful authenticated from the most respectable Evidence. By John Baxter, Member of the London Corresponding Society, and One of the Twelve Indicted and Acquitted of High Treason at the Old Bailey. assisted by several gentlemen, distinguished friends to liberty and a Parliamentary reform.
Baxter, John, Member of the Society of Friends of Liberty.Date: [1796]