Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 69-70William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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Page 17
... give ten pounds in paper for the ounce of gold . This would be a pretty thing ; and , above all things , a pretty standard of value ! The word standard means a thing which is fixed , as to its dimensions , capacity , or weight . Mr ...
... give ten pounds in paper for the ounce of gold . This would be a pretty thing ; and , above all things , a pretty standard of value ! The word standard means a thing which is fixed , as to its dimensions , capacity , or weight . Mr ...
Page 17
... give ten pounds in paper for well understand the cause of their suf- the ounce of gold . This would be a fering , and they were of weight suffi- pretty thing ; and , above all things , a cient to demand that cause ; they , at pretty ...
... give ten pounds in paper for well understand the cause of their suf- the ounce of gold . This would be a fering , and they were of weight suffi- pretty thing ; and , above all things , a cient to demand that cause ; they , at pretty ...
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... give us an unquestionable proof of wheat at five shillings`a bushel , and Whig liberality and love of freedom , let taxes at sixty millions a year ; and the him take a drive at the DEBT , and treat Lawyer should make up his mind either ...
... give us an unquestionable proof of wheat at five shillings`a bushel , and Whig liberality and love of freedom , let taxes at sixty millions a year ; and the him take a drive at the DEBT , and treat Lawyer should make up his mind either ...
Page 57
... give con- a fee for the prosecution . It is true , he sistence to these reports , and have , ex- does not appear to have acted , but a cited a more general mistrust of the Whig should not have lent the sanction Administration than any ...
... give con- a fee for the prosecution . It is true , he sistence to these reports , and have , ex- does not appear to have acted , but a cited a more general mistrust of the Whig should not have lent the sanction Administration than any ...
Page 121
... give it to foreigners . It disabled the farmer to find employment for the labourer , and give him adequate wages . Our people must have employment before they could be pros- perous . Employment and prosperity went together , and he ...
... give it to foreigners . It disabled the farmer to find employment for the labourer , and give him adequate wages . Our people must have employment before they could be pros- perous . Employment and prosperity went together , and he ...
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amongst assignats Bank beer bill boroughmongers Brougham Burdett called cause church classes corn coun Cuba currency debt distress Duke Duke of Wellington duty England English fact farmers Fleet Street France French friends gentleman give gold Government hear heard honourable House hope House of Commons hundred interest Ireland JETHRO TULL King labour land Lectures letter Lincolnshire London look Lord Majesty malt manner matter means measure meeting ment Mexico millions Ministers nation never noble opinion paper paper-money parish Parliament passed pensions persons petition petitioners POLIGNAC poor pounds pounds sterling present produce published reform Register reign relief repeal ruin sell shillings SIR JAMES GRAHAM slaves sort Spain speech suffer sure taxes thing thousand tion town vote Whigs whole William Cobbett WILMOT HORTON wish
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Page 641 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Page 501 - Enter them, and look at the bits of chairs or stools; the wretched boards tacked together, to serve for a table; the floor of pebble, broken brick, or of the bare ground ; look at the thing called a bed ; and survey the rags on the backs of the wretched inhabitants...
Page 597 - ... even the cottagers, deprived of the commons on which they formerly fed their cattle, were reduced to misery : and a decay of people, as well as a diminution of the former plenty, was remarked in the kingdom...
Page 177 - I have directed the estimates of the current year to be laid before you. They have been framed with every attention to economy which the circumstances of the country will permit...
Page 101 - Judicial forms do not easily lend themselves to an effectual repression. This truth has long since struck reflecting minds ; it has lately become still more evident. To satisfy the wants which caused its institution, the repression ought to be prompt and strong; it has been slow, weak, and almost null. When it interferes, the mischief is already done, and the punishment, far from repairing it, only adds the scandal of the discussion.