Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 69-70William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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... heard of a public man in any nation in the world , who , as an ob- ject of reproach and contempt mixed together , and both in so extreme a de - es also , at the country banks and branch gree , as the reproach and contempt which would ...
... heard of a public man in any nation in the world , who , as an ob- ject of reproach and contempt mixed together , and both in so extreme a de - es also , at the country banks and branch gree , as the reproach and contempt which would ...
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... heard of in England with re- worded " ; and they are said to be re - gard to the press . If your doctrine be spectfully worded , and they are , in fact , adopted , who is to dare to propose any respectfully worded , though they com ...
... heard of in England with re- worded " ; and they are said to be re - gard to the press . If your doctrine be spectfully worded , and they are , in fact , adopted , who is to dare to propose any respectfully worded , though they com ...
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... heard a single hiss or mark taken together , so much pleasure as of disapprobation ; I received more when I uttered the first words of the approbation than any man could last sentence . The sentence before the merit , and , at parting ...
... heard a single hiss or mark taken together , so much pleasure as of disapprobation ; I received more when I uttered the first words of the approbation than any man could last sentence . The sentence before the merit , and , at parting ...
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... heard the conduct of the High Sheriff censured in the warmest manner . It had been justly said that the eyes Sir EDWARD F. BROOMHEAD was quite of of all England were on that meeting ; and he opinion that a most unconstitutional example ...
... heard the conduct of the High Sheriff censured in the warmest manner . It had been justly said that the eyes Sir EDWARD F. BROOMHEAD was quite of of all England were on that meeting ; and he opinion that a most unconstitutional example ...
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... heard in honour of the can of nut - brown ale , now almost forgotten ; and when every cottager , surrounded by his wife and family , might be happy with them over the nut - brown beverage of his forefathers . He hoped , too , that they ...
... heard in honour of the can of nut - brown ale , now almost forgotten ; and when every cottager , surrounded by his wife and family , might be happy with them over the nut - brown beverage of his forefathers . He hoped , too , that they ...
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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.