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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly, Vol. 2 of 3: Written by Himself; With a Selection From His Correspondence
We are likely, too, to get rid of another evil, the mischievous effects of which are felt every day among ourselves, that of lotteries. There has been a debate on the subject in the House of Commons; and it seems understood that, after the present year, there are to be no more lotteries. In these two instances, the Parliament has followed the Opinion of the public, though it must be owned that it has been the Speeches of members of the Parliament which has greatly contributed to form the public Opinion.
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