Selections from Cobbett's Political Works: Being a Complete Abridgement of the 100 Volumes which Comprise the Writings of "Porcupine" and the "Weekly Political Register." With Notes, Historical and Explanatory, Volumen5A. Cobbett; [etc., etc., pref., 1835 |
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... Meeting ... 169 A Letter to the " Deluded People " 175 To the Paper - Money Men .... 183 Mr. Cobbett's Taking Leave of his Countrymen A History of the Last Hundred Days of English Freedom , Letter I. 190 203 Letter II . Letter III ...
... Meeting ... 169 A Letter to the " Deluded People " 175 To the Paper - Money Men .... 183 Mr. Cobbett's Taking Leave of his Countrymen A History of the Last Hundred Days of English Freedom , Letter I. 190 203 Letter II . Letter III ...
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... meetings ; that you are rabble , and that you pay no taxes . These insolent hirelings , who wallow in wealth , would not ... meeting to petition for a Reform , or for the removal of any abuse whatever ! Mr. PRESTON , whom I quoted before ...
... meetings ; that you are rabble , and that you pay no taxes . These insolent hirelings , who wallow in wealth , would not ... meeting to petition for a Reform , or for the removal of any abuse whatever ! Mr. PRESTON , whom I quoted before ...
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... meeting , would see half the people perish with hunger and cold . The humanity , which is continually on their lips , is all fiction . They weep over the tale of woe in a novel ; but , round their " decent fire - side , " never was ...
... meeting , would see half the people perish with hunger and cold . The humanity , which is continually on their lips , is all fiction . They weep over the tale of woe in a novel ; but , round their " decent fire - side , " never was ...
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... meetings of the subscription tribe have been held , the people have told them , that they want not soup and old bones and bullock's liver ; but they want their rights . Indeed , these attempts to hold pre- tended charitable meetings are ...
... meetings of the subscription tribe have been held , the people have told them , that they want not soup and old bones and bullock's liver ; but they want their rights . Indeed , these attempts to hold pre- tended charitable meetings are ...
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... Meeting of the Londoners in Spa - Fields . ( Political Register , December , 1816. ) MY LORD MAYOR , When I call to your Lordship's recollection , for , perhaps , you may have forgotten them , the many acts of kindness which I have ...
... Meeting of the Londoners in Spa - Fields . ( Political Register , December , 1816. ) MY LORD MAYOR , When I call to your Lordship's recollection , for , perhaps , you may have forgotten them , the many acts of kindness which I have ...
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Página 7 - And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Página 64 - Behold, here I am ; witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Página 325 - ... intended to be employed by the owner or owners to cruise or commit hostilities upon the subjects, citizens, or property, of any foreign prince or State, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace...
Página 396 - I should propose a regulation to be made, declaring that no child born from any marriage taking place after the expiration of a year from the date of the law, and no illegitimate child born two years from the same date, should ever be entitled to parish assistance.
Página 325 - Majesty's dominions, was a ship of war, cruiser, or armed vessel in the service of any foreign Prince...
Página 154 - To bereave a man of life, or by violence to confiscate his estate, without accusation or trial, would be so gross and notorious an act of despotism, as must at once convey the alarm of tyranny throughout the whole...
Página 65 - Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Página 325 - And be it further enacted, That if any person shall within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, begin or set on foot, or provide or prepare the means for any military expedition or enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the territory or...
Página 325 - ... vessel shall not be employed by such owners to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property, of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace.
Página 251 - In considering our internal situation, you will, I doubt not. feel a just indignation at the attempts which have been made to take advantage of the distresses of the country, for the purpose of exciting a spirit of sedition and violence.