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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... persons against you are the more unreason- able , because they say not a word against the sums paid to sinecure placemen and pensioners . Of the five hundred and more Correspondents of the Board of Agriculture , there are scarcely ten ...
... persons against you are the more unreason- able , because they say not a word against the sums paid to sinecure placemen and pensioners . Of the five hundred and more Correspondents of the Board of Agriculture , there are scarcely ten ...
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... persons , may be considered as " paying , in indirect taxes , at least ten pounds a year , or more than half " his wages at seven shillings a week ! " And yet the insolent hirelings call you the mob , the rabble , the scum , the swinish ...
... persons , may be considered as " paying , in indirect taxes , at least ten pounds a year , or more than half " his wages at seven shillings a week ! " And yet the insolent hirelings call you the mob , the rabble , the scum , the swinish ...
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... person , mere menial servants , vagrants , pick- pockets and scamps of all sorts might not only come to poll , but they might poll in several parishes or places , on one and the same day . A corrupt rich man might employ scores of persons ...
... person , mere menial servants , vagrants , pick- pockets and scamps of all sorts might not only come to poll , but they might poll in several parishes or places , on one and the same day . A corrupt rich man might employ scores of persons ...
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... persons were greatly raised , some years ago , on the ground of the rise in the price of labour and provisions , why then do they not ask to have those salaries reduced , now that labour is reduced ? Why do they not apply to the case of ...
... persons were greatly raised , some years ago , on the ground of the rise in the price of labour and provisions , why then do they not ask to have those salaries reduced , now that labour is reduced ? Why do they not apply to the case of ...
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... persons would go into these trades ? Every man wants to get money , and , if money was to be gotten in so simple a way , would there not be plenty of people to come forward to get it ? The story of women and children shelling beans in ...
... persons would go into these trades ? Every man wants to get money , and , if money was to be gotten in so simple a way , would there not be plenty of people to come forward to get it ? The story of women and children shelling beans in ...
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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.