The tories, having been brought to accept household suffrage on the faith of the limitation imposed by personal payment of the rates, found at a moment’s notice that that limitation had been thrown overboard, and that their leader had given them a bill virtually far larger than any that Mr.
Morley discusses the unexpected acceptance of household suffrage by the Tories, highlighting their surprise at the changes.
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What I endeavoured to show was that King George III., without changing his opinion of the justice of his war against the colonies, was obliged to give it up on account of a change of public opinion, and was not open to blame for so doing.
With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.
Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.
Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?
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