Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 69-70William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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Page 69
... reform in that House . You , by this time , must well know the con- sequences of a want of such reform : you must feel all the dreadful shackles and embarrassments that are imposed on you , in consequence of the House of Commons being ...
... reform in that House . You , by this time , must well know the con- sequences of a want of such reform : you must feel all the dreadful shackles and embarrassments that are imposed on you , in consequence of the House of Commons being ...
Page 127
... Reform to the attention of the meeting , but the cold had made the farmers so impatient , and their usual dinner hour having nearly arrived , they cut Mr. Smith very short . He said that they could not ex- pect any reform in the ...
... Reform to the attention of the meeting , but the cold had made the farmers so impatient , and their usual dinner hour having nearly arrived , they cut Mr. Smith very short . He said that they could not ex- pect any reform in the ...
Page 173
... Reform or convulsion is our choice . It is now twenty years since I contended in print over and over again , that as long as the paper bubble could be kept up we should have no reform ; and now that the bubble seems to be drawing ...
... Reform or convulsion is our choice . It is now twenty years since I contended in print over and over again , that as long as the paper bubble could be kept up we should have no reform ; and now that the bubble seems to be drawing ...
Page 165
... Reform ' or convulsion is our choice . It is now twenty years since I contended in print over and over again , that as long as the paper bubble could be kept up we should have no reform ; and now that the bubble seems to be drawing ...
... Reform ' or convulsion is our choice . It is now twenty years since I contended in print over and over again , that as long as the paper bubble could be kept up we should have no reform ; and now that the bubble seems to be drawing ...
Page 169
... Reform or convulsion is our choice . It is now twenty years since I contended in prin over and over again , that as long as the paper bubble could be kept up we should have no reform ; and now that the bubble seems to be drawing towards ...
... Reform or convulsion is our choice . It is now twenty years since I contended in prin over and over again , that as long as the paper bubble could be kept up we should have no reform ; and now that the bubble seems to be drawing towards ...
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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.