I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not h
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If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
Nouns of number, or multitude, such as Mob, Parliament, Rabble, House of Commons, Regiment, Court of King's Bench, Den of Thieves,
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You see how this House of Commons has begun to verify all the ill prophecies that were made of it--low, vulgar, meddling with ever
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The House of Commons starts its proceedings with a prayer. The chaplain looks at the assembled members with their varied intellige
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It is easy to carp at colleges, and the college, if he will wait for it, will have its own turn. Genius exists there also, but wil
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The incessant repetition of the same hand-work dwarfs the man, robs him of his strength, wit, and versatility, to make a pin- poli
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[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; which
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Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric care.
The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity.
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