Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 69-70William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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... given its adhesion to the opi- nion of this statesman , who had been assisting , for forty - two years , to carry on a thing essentially delusive and mis- chievous . Now , LAWYER SCARLETT , what feel- ings are these facts calculated to ...
... given its adhesion to the opi- nion of this statesman , who had been assisting , for forty - two years , to carry on a thing essentially delusive and mis- chievous . Now , LAWYER SCARLETT , what feel- ings are these facts calculated to ...
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... given it as my decided opinion mortgage be of long standing . I know that you will not ; because , besides the that this is unjust ; but , in the first monstrous injustice of such a measure , place , the landowners have sanctioned , and ...
... given it as my decided opinion mortgage be of long standing . I know that you will not ; because , besides the that this is unjust ; but , in the first monstrous injustice of such a measure , place , the landowners have sanctioned , and ...
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... given me infinite pleasure to observe , during these representa- tions of mine , masters as well as workmen , turning their heads and looking at each other , as much as to say , " How we have been de- ceived ! " I have nowhere blinked ...
... given me infinite pleasure to observe , during these representa- tions of mine , masters as well as workmen , turning their heads and looking at each other , as much as to say , " How we have been de- ceived ! " I have nowhere blinked ...
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... given the County Hall and Castle - yard for them to meet in that day . ( Laughter and up- roar . ) If Sir Robert Heron , therefore , did not wish to withdraw the words " unwarrantable contempt , " which he hoped he would- ( Cries of " I ...
... given the County Hall and Castle - yard for them to meet in that day . ( Laughter and up- roar . ) If Sir Robert Heron , therefore , did not wish to withdraw the words " unwarrantable contempt , " which he hoped he would- ( Cries of " I ...
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... given to those who did nothing . ( Bravo . ) Those who were adverse to the re- peal the petition proposed , if any such were present , might say that the Government could not do without these taxes , but he believed the resources of the ...
... given to those who did nothing . ( Bravo . ) Those who were adverse to the re- peal the petition proposed , if any such were present , might say that the Government could not do without these taxes , but he believed the resources of the ...
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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.