Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 69-70William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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... hands to work them , and as many antiquated money price of ALL other commo- merchants to disperse them , it is certain that dities ; and that low money price , with high we could only have half our rents paid , half money taxes , will ...
... hands to work them , and as many antiquated money price of ALL other commo- merchants to disperse them , it is certain that dities ; and that low money price , with high we could only have half our rents paid , half money taxes , will ...
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... hands of des- a better footing . Under such a state of peradoes only , the law may then , prac- things , foolish verdicts will no doubt be tically , do what it pleases with the pronounced , injustice will occasionally de done ; but it ...
... hands of des- a better footing . Under such a state of peradoes only , the law may then , prac- things , foolish verdicts will no doubt be tically , do what it pleases with the pronounced , injustice will occasionally de done ; but it ...
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... hands of the fami- lies of the aristocracy . But as it is a machine that has a head and can think , it leaves the ... hand them over to their relatives at their decease . The their enemies . Any where , and every descendants of an ...
... hands of the fami- lies of the aristocracy . But as it is a machine that has a head and can think , it leaves the ... hand them over to their relatives at their decease . The their enemies . Any where , and every descendants of an ...
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... hands . All Frenchmen will be read the foregoing French production or equal in point of law , whatever in other not , you will read it ; and I beg you to respects their title or their rank ; but consider it well . This is what the the ...
... hands . All Frenchmen will be read the foregoing French production or equal in point of law , whatever in other not , you will read it ; and I beg you to respects their title or their rank ; but consider it well . This is what the the ...
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... hands " the petition of the under- The oxen have eaten up all the corn- " signed farmer and his workmen and stalks ... hand in them . This inemorandum intimates that an explanation will be afforded me when I return to town . I shall ...
... hands " the petition of the under- The oxen have eaten up all the corn- " signed farmer and his workmen and stalks ... hand in them . This inemorandum intimates that an explanation will be afforded me when I return to town . I shall ...
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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.