Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 69-70William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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... poor , as is al- with regard to myself , is the unquestion - leged , and of which I know nothing , able sign of a change in the public mind , SIR THOMAS MORE was poor before which is the best foundation for a hope him . I am sure that ...
... poor , as is al- with regard to myself , is the unquestion - leged , and of which I know nothing , able sign of a change in the public mind , SIR THOMAS MORE was poor before which is the best foundation for a hope him . I am sure that ...
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... poor of this county ; numbers have already died for want of food . ' From Thomas Comy , Esq . , of Shakestown , in the county of Roscommon , June 2d , 1822 " It is impossible for me to tell you the miser- able and wretched condition of ...
... poor of this county ; numbers have already died for want of food . ' From Thomas Comy , Esq . , of Shakestown , in the county of Roscommon , June 2d , 1822 " It is impossible for me to tell you the miser- able and wretched condition of ...
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... poor , by assuring them that justice hunger of the people ; and all the world " should be done in attending to their knows that this arises from the over- complaints , and advised them to return burden of the taxes . What , therefore ...
... poor , by assuring them that justice hunger of the people ; and all the world " should be done in attending to their knows that this arises from the over- complaints , and advised them to return burden of the taxes . What , therefore ...
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... poor - houses ; share of the food : on the farmer , there- " if this scanty portion of relief which fore , they fall as their enemy . The " is now extracted from these , were farmer looks to his landlord in vain ; " withheld ; the next ...
... poor - houses ; share of the food : on the farmer , there- " if this scanty portion of relief which fore , they fall as their enemy . The " is now extracted from these , were farmer looks to his landlord in vain ; " withheld ; the next ...
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... poor , they proceeded , armed the KENT AND ESSEX HERALD . It is a with cudgels , to his house ; dragged paragraph which would make a sensible him from his house ; carried him be- ministry lose not an hour in proposing fore a ...
... poor , they proceeded , armed the KENT AND ESSEX HERALD . It is a with cudgels , to his house ; dragged paragraph which would make a sensible him from his house ; carried him be- ministry lose not an hour in proposing fore 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.