 | Edmund Burke - History - 1849 - 1012 pages
...and regarding the latter class of imposts as pressing with undue weight upon the poor. He said : " While the House frets over its sevenpence in the pound,...paying twice that number of shillings in the pound on the great staples of their consumption. For every 20s. the working classes expend on tea, they pay... | |
 | History - 1849 - 982 pages
...and regarding the latter class of imposts as pressing with undue weight upon the poor. He said : " While the House frets over its sevenpence in the pound,...paying twice that number of shillings in the pound on the great staples of their consumption. For every 20s. the working classes expend on tea, they pay... | |
 | Books - 1849 - 980 pages
...and regarding the latter class of imposts as pressing with undue weight upon the poor. He said : " While the House frets over its sevenpence in the pound,...paying twice that number of shillings in the pound on the great staples of their consumption. For every 20s. the working classes expend on tea, they pay... | |
 | William Nassau Molesworth - Great Britain - 1874 - 428 pages
...over its sevenpence in the pound, the poor are paying twice that number of shillings in the pound on the great staples of their consumption. For every...every 20s. they expend on sugar, they pay 6s. of duty ; for every 20s. they expend on coffee, they pay 8s. duty ; on soap, 5s. ; on beer, 4s. ; on tobacco,... | |
 | William Nassau Molesworth - Great Britain - 1874 - 428 pages
...direct taxation with that admirable clearness and perspicuity that were characteristics of his mind. ' While the House frets over its sevenpence in the pound,...paying twice that number of shillings in the pound on the great staples of their consumption. For every 20s. the working classes expend on tea, they pay... | |
 | William Nassau Molesworth - Great Britain - 1874 - 424 pages
...direct taxation with that admirable clearness and perspicuity that were characteristics of his mind. ' While the House frets over its sevenpence in the pound,...paying twice that number of shillings in the pound on the great staples of their consumption. For every 20s. the working classes expend on tea, they pay... | |
 | sir Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland (13th bart.) - 1882 - 308 pages
...can be made to the last Government will be to assist the present Government in passing this law." (y) Cobden says during the debate on this matter, "While...every 20s. the working classes expend on tea they pay JOs. of duty, for every 20s. they expend on sugar they pay 6s. of duty, on coffee 8s., on soap 5s.,... | |
 | William Nassau Molesworth - Great Britain - 1882 - 426 pages
...over its sevenpence in the pound, the poor are paying twice that number of shillings in the pound on the great staples of their consumption. For every...duty ; for every 20s. they expend on sugar, they pay 6*. of duty ; for every 20s. they expend on coffee, they pay 8s. duty ; on soap, 5s. ; on beer, 4s.... | |
 | Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland - Great Britain - 1888 - 356 pages
...can be made to the last Government will be to assist the present Government in passing this law." (y) Cobden says during the debate on this matter, " While...House frets over its sevenpence in the pound, the poor arc paying twice that number of shillings in the pound in the great staples of their consumption. For... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - Theology - 1882 - 584 pages
...person. More than thirty years after the battle of Waterloo Mr. Cobden said in the House of Commons : — "For every 20s. the working classes expend on tea, they pay 10s. of duty; for every 20s. they spend on sugar, they pay 6s. of duty ; for every 20s. they spend on coffee, they pay 8s. duty ; on... | |
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While the House frets over its sevenpence in the pound, the poor are paying twice that number of shillings in the pound on the great staples of their consumption. For every 20s. the working classes expend on tea, they pay 10s. of duty ; for every 20s.... 