Cobbett's Political Register, Volumes 69-70William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1830 - Great Britain |
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... town ; and , upon quit ting Derby , I could safely say , not only that I had been pleased with my recep- tion , but that I left it with impressions of gratitude which will never be effaced from my mind . Derby is a very fine town , and ...
... town ; and , upon quit ting Derby , I could safely say , not only that I had been pleased with my recep- tion , but that I left it with impressions of gratitude which will never be effaced from my mind . Derby is a very fine town , and ...
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... town which made such a noble stand against PITT and his ruinous anti- jacobin war ; that sensible town , the people and corporation of which were so basely calumniated by JOHN BOWLES , the Dutch Commissioner , and by all the mercenary ...
... town which made such a noble stand against PITT and his ruinous anti- jacobin war ; that sensible town , the people and corporation of which were so basely calumniated by JOHN BOWLES , the Dutch Commissioner , and by all the mercenary ...
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... town ; in short , I expressing it would be , that " long is had the pleasure to see the bankers , and " the course of error , if correction never all the principal persons in the town , " come . " I told LORD GREY , in a letter sitting ...
... town ; in short , I expressing it would be , that " long is had the pleasure to see the bankers , and " the course of error , if correction never all the principal persons in the town , " come . " I told LORD GREY , in a letter sitting ...
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... town , in violation of Magna Charta , in violation of every principle of law , did , in fact , forbid me to pass through the town , or to enter it ; would not a wise Government perceive in this change , an indubitable proof of the ...
... town , in violation of Magna Charta , in violation of every principle of law , did , in fact , forbid me to pass through the town , or to enter it ; would not a wise Government perceive in this change , an indubitable proof of the ...
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... town , or compel " me to keep myself shut up in a room ? And " if the people presumed to come to show me " marks of ... town , to tell me that if I dared to approach the [ Price 7d . town , they should interpose their authority . And ...
... town , or compel " me to keep myself shut up in a room ? And " if the people presumed to come to show me " marks of ... town , to tell me that if I dared to approach the [ Price 7d . town , they should interpose their authority . And ...
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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.