Cobbett's Weekly Register, Volume 78J.M. Cobbett, 1832 - Great Britain |
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... principles we profess . The personal testimony of Mr. Hume to his merits were desired by us in order to correct the reports which were un- favourable to Mr. Roebuck . Mr. Hume distinctly stated , that he could not in- terfere in the ...
... principles we profess . The personal testimony of Mr. Hume to his merits were desired by us in order to correct the reports which were un- favourable to Mr. Roebuck . Mr. Hume distinctly stated , that he could not in- terfere in the ...
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... principles ; and , al- though he be known to the rest of the world as the brother of Sir J C. Hob- house , to the inhabitants and electors of Bath he appears in the character of the favoured candidate of a close Tory cor- poration ...
... principles ; and , al- though he be known to the rest of the world as the brother of Sir J C. Hob- house , to the inhabitants and electors of Bath he appears in the character of the favoured candidate of a close Tory cor- poration ...
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... principle , the conduct of Mr. Hume plished . But if they send mere Minis- in this case has not been properly ap terial followers into St. Stephen's , re - preciated . One , who , like Mr. Hume , form will be as distant as before the ...
... principle , the conduct of Mr. Hume plished . But if they send mere Minis- in this case has not been properly ap terial followers into St. Stephen's , re - preciated . One , who , like Mr. Hume , form will be as distant as before the ...
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... principles , announced by handbills that the meet- they sent to him a requisition , in which ing would take place in St. Philip's they invited him to come forward as a Church - yard , but in consequence of candidate , and also pledged ...
... principles , announced by handbills that the meet- they sent to him a requisition , in which ing would take place in St. Philip's they invited him to come forward as a Church - yard , but in consequence of candidate , and also pledged ...
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... principle , I , being at HEX- lived but throve perfectly well , and ( a HAM , put my foot upon this contemptible criterion infallible ) the biennial stocks creeping thing , who is offering himself stand the winter without any covering ...
... principle , I , being at HEX- lived but throve perfectly well , and ( a HAM , put my foot upon this contemptible criterion infallible ) the biennial stocks creeping thing , who is offering himself stand the winter without any covering ...
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Page 787 - England, made by another act of parliament in England in the first year of the reign of their late majesties King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An act declaring the rights and liberties of the subject, and settling the succession of the crown.
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Page 787 - ... that this present parliament, and all parliaments that shall at any time hereafter be called, assembled or held, shall and may respectively have continuance for seven years, and no longer, to be accounted from the day on which by the writ of summons this present parliament hath been, or any future parliament shall be, appointed to meet, unless this present, or any such parliament hereafter to be summoned, shall be sooner dissolved by His Majesty, his heirs or successors.
Page 149 - Sussex, who has been used to sit round the fire with the master and mistress, and pull about and tickle the laughing maids ! Pretty well that ! But it is the life of the married labourer that will delight you. Upon a steam-engine farm, there are perhaps eight or ten of these. There is, at a considerable distance from the farm-yard, a sort of barrack erected for these to live in. It is a long shed, stone walls and pantile roof, and divided into a certain number of boothies, each having a door and...