Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 69-70William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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... able and wretched condition of the poor here . They are at this moment actually enduring all the horrors of starvation and malignant disease ; huudreds of wretches greedily seek- ng for water - cresses , wild mustard nettle- tups , and ...
... able and wretched condition of the poor here . They are at this moment actually enduring all the horrors of starvation and malignant disease ; huudreds of wretches greedily seek- ng for water - cresses , wild mustard nettle- tups , and ...
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... able to carry their mea- sures , into an organ of annoyance . Sir James Scarlett is a man of too much sa- gacity not to be aware of this , and we take it for granted that he will run the round , and try whether the law or the press be ...
... able to carry their mea- sures , into an organ of annoyance . Sir James Scarlett is a man of too much sa- gacity not to be aware of this , and we take it for granted that he will run the round , and try whether the law or the press be ...
Page 69
... able " to visit the excellent people of Man- " chester and its neighbourhood , with- " out your thinking it proper to step in " between us with your threats of inter- " ference . " And we have now seen that day . I have preached the ...
... able " to visit the excellent people of Man- " chester and its neighbourhood , with- " out your thinking it proper to step in " between us with your threats of inter- " ference . " And we have now seen that day . I have preached the ...
Page 87
... able House a petition passed in the before the first of March , because 1 " month of January , 1823 , in which must be first in London to know " petition they expressed their opinion what is the proper price for me to sell " with regard ...
... able House a petition passed in the before the first of March , because 1 " month of January , 1823 , in which must be first in London to know " petition they expressed their opinion what is the proper price for me to sell " with regard ...
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... able Description , and which they are deter- mined shall not be surpassed , either in Qua - Remarks on the Study of Botany as a part of Review of Reid's Practical Chemistry . lity , Style of the Cut , or Workmanship . - The following is ...
... able Description , and which they are deter- mined shall not be surpassed , either in Qua - Remarks on the Study of Botany as a part of Review of Reid's Practical Chemistry . lity , Style of the Cut , or Workmanship . - The following is ...
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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.