Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 69-70William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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Page 67
... amongst larly , and above all things , if you find persons of all ranks and degrees ; " me to desist from the most earnest more especially amongst the more " endeavours to obtain for the poor opulent part of the community . I man the ...
... amongst larly , and above all things , if you find persons of all ranks and degrees ; " me to desist from the most earnest more especially amongst the more " endeavours to obtain for the poor opulent part of the community . I man the ...
Page 69
... amongst ourselves ; the put- ting a stop to divisions amongst us ; the cordial union of masters and of men ; the defeating of the old , tyrannical maxim , “ divide and govern . ' " ? Never was the maxim more successfully acted upon ...
... amongst ourselves ; the put- ting a stop to divisions amongst us ; the cordial union of masters and of men ; the defeating of the old , tyrannical maxim , “ divide and govern . ' " ? Never was the maxim more successfully acted upon ...
Page 71
... amongst men of property ; the whole machine of commerce must come to a stand ; and all the energies of the country must die away . you now go back ? You must confess yourself to have inflicted all this suffer- ing ; to have brought to ...
... amongst men of property ; the whole machine of commerce must come to a stand ; and all the energies of the country must die away . you now go back ? You must confess yourself to have inflicted all this suffer- ing ; to have brought to ...
Page 101
... amongst those rags far more valuable , far better looking , than the things which covered , or in part co- vered , the nakedness of this shivering and ill - treated group . authority from the candidate . The men to such a state . The ...
... amongst those rags far more valuable , far better looking , than the things which covered , or in part co- vered , the nakedness of this shivering and ill - treated group . authority from the candidate . The men to such a state . The ...
Page 107
... amongst all this immense popula- on one single farm in Wiltshire , than I tion from Rochdale to Halifax , both those have seen , put all together , in all the ragged person in Todmorden , nor in any of towns included . I have not seen a ...
... amongst all this immense popula- on one single farm in Wiltshire , than I tion from Rochdale to Halifax , both those have seen , put all together , in all the ragged person in Todmorden , nor in any of towns included . I have not seen a ...
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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.