Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 69-70William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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Page 103
... parish , the benefice belongs to that the handsome conduct of the printer of Parson HAY , who received it as a gift the " Preston Chronicle , " a paper which from the Archbishop of Canterbury , reflects great honour on the talents as ...
... parish , the benefice belongs to that the handsome conduct of the printer of Parson HAY , who received it as a gift the " Preston Chronicle , " a paper which from the Archbishop of Canterbury , reflects great honour on the talents as ...
Page 213
... parish of Oving , declared that the starve quietly ; merely because the men in custody should not be taken " House of Commons has obtained " to prison unless they were all taken " proof that the Irish so starve . There there . Such was ...
... parish of Oving , declared that the starve quietly ; merely because the men in custody should not be taken " House of Commons has obtained " to prison unless they were all taken " proof that the Irish so starve . There there . Such was ...
Page 239
... parish in Buckingham- that the next thing would be , that the shire had proceeded , armed with cudgels , labourers would make them give up to the house of an overseer ; that they the names of the defaulters , and go had forcibly ...
... parish in Buckingham- that the next thing would be , that the shire had proceeded , armed with cudgels , labourers would make them give up to the house of an overseer ; that they the names of the defaulters , and go had forcibly ...
Page 241
... parish as being ging very hard for custom ) Mr. Slaney partly his ; and a sufficiency of food and would lay out a shilling upon my little raiment he looks upon as his inherit- book called the POOR MAN'S FRIEND , in ance . Never , let ...
... parish as being ging very hard for custom ) Mr. Slaney partly his ; and a sufficiency of food and would lay out a shilling upon my little raiment he looks upon as his inherit- book called the POOR MAN'S FRIEND , in ance . Never , let ...
Page 243
... parish relief ) amounted to observe ; and it is probable , and even “ 16l . 7s . , or 1s . 9d . each per week ! certain , that great numbers of them " The parish relief received by these will very soon side with the discontented ...
... parish relief ) amounted to observe ; and it is probable , and even “ 16l . 7s . , or 1s . 9d . each per week ! certain , that great numbers of them " The parish relief received by these will very soon side with the discontented ...
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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.