The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... House took occasion to define its privileges without regard to the instructions , laying down in eight clauses its constitution . The Assembly was immediately dissolved , but a new Assembly met in 1765 and re - passed the resolutions of ...
... House took occasion to define its privileges without regard to the instructions , laying down in eight clauses its constitution . The Assembly was immediately dissolved , but a new Assembly met in 1765 and re - passed the resolutions of ...
Page 429
... House of Commons in England . The likeness appeared not only in the powers which the Assemblies exercised and the privileges which they enjoyed but also in the procedure they followed . In Virginia , this similarity of procedure was ...
... House of Commons in England . The likeness appeared not only in the powers which the Assemblies exercised and the privileges which they enjoyed but also in the procedure they followed . In Virginia , this similarity of procedure was ...
Page 431
... House for examination or reproof , and served as the mouthpiece of the House in communicating with the governor or council or the outside world . While there is no reason to suppose that the Speakers anywhere were intentionally partisan ...
... House for examination or reproof , and served as the mouthpiece of the House in communicating with the governor or council or the outside world . While there is no reason to suppose that the Speakers anywhere were intentionally partisan ...
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