Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 69-70William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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Page 41
... less than state the facts ; and if he do state them , does he not write and publish that which has a tendency to bring the ac- tors into contempt ? Take care , then , SIR JAMIE , or your brother , SIR JAMIB , may chance to lay you by ...
... less than state the facts ; and if he do state them , does he not write and publish that which has a tendency to bring the ac- tors into contempt ? Take care , then , SIR JAMIE , or your brother , SIR JAMIB , may chance to lay you by ...
Page 57
... less than a censor- taining a tendency , only a tendency , ship , disguise it as we may . It is to us towards liberal principles in commerce . an additional pain to find that Mr. The declarations of Sir James Scarlett , Brougham has ...
... less than a censor- taining a tendency , only a tendency , ship , disguise it as we may . It is to us towards liberal principles in commerce . an additional pain to find that Mr. The declarations of Sir James Scarlett , Brougham has ...
Page 107
... less . The buildings , whether for manu- factures or for dwelling , are all of solid stone , executed in the best possible man- ner . The window frames and door frames are generally of stone . floors of passages to houses are of stone ...
... less . The buildings , whether for manu- factures or for dwelling , are all of solid stone , executed in the best possible man- ner . The window frames and door frames are generally of stone . floors of passages to houses are of stone ...
Page 125
... less English people , ever be fore had to endure . That your petitioners ascribe this dis- graceful and fearful state of things to the changes in the value of money , arbitrarily made by your Honourable House , and unac companied with a ...
... less English people , ever be fore had to endure . That your petitioners ascribe this dis- graceful and fearful state of things to the changes in the value of money , arbitrarily made by your Honourable House , and unac companied with a ...
Page 133
... less constant mination of the several causes of low allies . What matters it that bread is price . I say such statesmen are singu- at a low price , if the man's pocket is larly mistaken , or else they are in the empty of money ; or what ...
... less constant mination of the several causes of low allies . What matters it that bread is price . I say such statesmen are singu- at a low price , if the man's pocket is larly mistaken , or else they are in the empty of money ; or what ...
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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.