Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 69-70William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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... reason for his rejecting that ad- vice , this would be sufficient . I have always thought that he would adhere to this measure , and I have the hap- piness to think so still . your farm , and for me to be sitting in your seat . If I had ...
... reason for his rejecting that ad- vice , this would be sufficient . I have always thought that he would adhere to this measure , and I have the hap- piness to think so still . your farm , and for me to be sitting in your seat . If I had ...
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... reason for his rejecting that ad- vice , this would be sufficient . I have always thought that he would adhere to this measure , and I have the hap- piness to think so still . But even upon the monstrous sup- position ( which , observe ...
... reason for his rejecting that ad- vice , this would be sufficient . I have always thought that he would adhere to this measure , and I have the hap- piness to think so still . But even upon the monstrous sup- position ( which , observe ...
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... reason and nature must be banished from England before men can refrain from entertaining contempt , at the least , towards those who have done these indescribably mischievous acts ? Again , do we not all know , that at the passing of ...
... reason and nature must be banished from England before men can refrain from entertaining contempt , at the least , towards those who have done these indescribably mischievous acts ? Again , do we not all know , that at the passing of ...
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... reason ; and nature which a special pleading brother it would be insulting to common sense of the law might otherwise have started to maintain that freedom can exist with- against his proceedings ; but it was not out the privilege of ...
... reason ; and nature which a special pleading brother it would be insulting to common sense of the law might otherwise have started to maintain that freedom can exist with- against his proceedings ; but it was not out the privilege of ...
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... reason , and irreconcilable to to the principle of impartial rotation . all justice . It is fettered and impeded Educate the people ; confer knowledge by many of the existing rules for the upon all in the middle ranks of society ...
... reason , and irreconcilable to to the principle of impartial rotation . all justice . It is fettered and impeded Educate the people ; confer knowledge by many of the existing rules for the upon all in the middle ranks of society ...
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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.