History of the Regency and Reign of King George the Fourth, Parts 2-3; Part 8William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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... tax all the people for the relief of the poor and for the repairing of the churches ; and this tax , for England alone , now amounts to the enormous sum of seven millions and a half of pounds ster- ling in a year . 11. The STUARTS , who ...
... tax all the people for the relief of the poor and for the repairing of the churches ; and this tax , for England alone , now amounts to the enormous sum of seven millions and a half of pounds ster- ling in a year . 11. The STUARTS , who ...
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... taxes , and so heavy as to create great discontents . The people felt them- selves loaded with ten or twelve millions a year , instead of the million and a half , which they had had to pay in the reign of James II .; so that , soon ...
... taxes , and so heavy as to create great discontents . The people felt them- selves loaded with ten or twelve millions a year , instead of the million and a half , which they had had to pay in the reign of James II .; so that , soon ...
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... taxes . The American colonies , now the United States , all of which , observe , had been settled by the Stuarts , began , in 1770 , to present food for taxation . The parliament ( the Sep- tennial parliament ) passed laws to tax them ...
... taxes . The American colonies , now the United States , all of which , observe , had been settled by the Stuarts , began , in 1770 , to present food for taxation . The parliament ( the Sep- tennial parliament ) passed laws to tax them ...
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... taxes , partial as well as eruelly heavy , such as England had , at that time , never heard of ; the French people , insulted in their wretchedness by a haughty , a squandering , and most profligate court , and higher clergy ; this ...
... taxes , partial as well as eruelly heavy , such as England had , at that time , never heard of ; the French people , insulted in their wretchedness by a haughty , a squandering , and most profligate court , and higher clergy ; this ...
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... taxation ; and , as the cause of the evils was seen , the peo- ple had begun , even during the American war , to ... taxes which had existed in the reign of James II . There were , besides , heavy burdens entailed upon the country by ...
... taxation ; and , as the cause of the evils was seen , the peo- ple had begun , even during the American war , to ... taxes which had existed in the reign of James II . There were , besides , heavy burdens entailed upon the country by ...
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