Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 69-70William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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Page 71
... estates , from the very nature of things , must be , and always must be , mortgaged in a very considerable pro- portion ; and they are now paying twice as much interest , in general , as they Therefore , the general impression is ...
... estates , from the very nature of things , must be , and always must be , mortgaged in a very considerable pro- portion ; and they are now paying twice as much interest , in general , as they Therefore , the general impression is ...
Page 73
... estates . They have one estate in land and another in the taxes : they wish to keep both ; but they must part with one or the other . If you proceed , leaving them the estate in the taxes , they lose the land to a certainty . it it ...
... estates . They have one estate in land and another in the taxes : they wish to keep both ; but they must part with one or the other . If you proceed , leaving them the estate in the taxes , they lose the land to a certainty . it it ...
Page 79
... estate , of la masse de la population sera frappée which the absolute disposal should be d'incapacité politique , et tous les pou- vested in a prince , upon condition of voirs publics appartiendront à l'aristo- his sharing the proceeds ...
... estate , of la masse de la population sera frappée which the absolute disposal should be d'incapacité politique , et tous les pou- vested in a prince , upon condition of voirs publics appartiendront à l'aristo- his sharing the proceeds ...
Page 81
... estates which they possess by ing . equal shares . The eldest son therefore keeps to himself all the landed property , to which is attached the exercise of aristocratical power ; and then he makes use of this power to get money for his ...
... estates which they possess by ing . equal shares . The eldest son therefore keeps to himself all the landed property , to which is attached the exercise of aristocratical power ; and then he makes use of this power to get money for his ...
Page 145
... mention , is that where you quote the old tax - eating Whig , Mr. LoCKE . And this is your great offence in my eyes , and one for which you ought to lose " " your estate by the means that are now 145 146 30TH JANUARY , 1830 .
... mention , is that where you quote the old tax - eating Whig , Mr. LoCKE . And this is your great offence in my eyes , and one for which you ought to lose " " your estate by the means that are now 145 146 30TH JANUARY , 1830 .
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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.