Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 20William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1811 - Great Britain |
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... sure ; and , as it would require 27 shillings in their paper to purchase a guinea , this would be a most charming way of obtaining the means of paying off the paper with guineas . Let us take an instance . Suppose the Bank Com- pany ...
... sure ; and , as it would require 27 shillings in their paper to purchase a guinea , this would be a most charming way of obtaining the means of paying off the paper with guineas . Let us take an instance . Suppose the Bank Com- pany ...
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... sure commonly called the Dividends , which and certain means of effectually putting a many poor creatures in the country look stop to the further increase of the Debt , upon , or , rather , used to look upon , as of insuring a real ...
... sure commonly called the Dividends , which and certain means of effectually putting a many poor creatures in the country look stop to the further increase of the Debt , upon , or , rather , used to look upon , as of insuring a real ...
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... sure itself is not calculated to produce that good , which I am certain its author wishes it to produce . The detail of the Bill I will not attempt to discuss . Its principles are what have struck me , and these I gather from its chief ...
... sure itself is not calculated to produce that good , which I am certain its author wishes it to produce . The detail of the Bill I will not attempt to discuss . Its principles are what have struck me , and these I gather from its chief ...
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... sure , would be a shame in a body of HEREDITARY Legisla TORS in the most thinking nation in the " world . " What a change this will make ! Happy is the man who is a tenant ! Much better off is he than the man who tills his own land ...
... sure , would be a shame in a body of HEREDITARY Legisla TORS in the most thinking nation in the " world . " What a change this will make ! Happy is the man who is a tenant ! Much better off is he than the man who tills his own land ...
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... sure , he is paid money enough for thinking for this most thinking people in the world . He did , however , confess , that it was possible , that this bill might not be efficient ; and , what was then to be done ? Why , the bank notes ...
... sure , he is paid money enough for thinking for this most thinking people in the world . He did , however , confess , that it was possible , that this bill might not be efficient ; and , what was then to be done ? Why , the bank notes ...
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Page 729 - ... when it blends with a pursuit of ignominious gain a treacherous subserviency, in the transgressors, to a foreign policy adverse to that of their own country. It is then that the virtuous indignation of the public should be enabled to manifest itself through the regular animadversions of the most competent laws. To secure greater respect to our mercantile flag, and to the honest...
Page 821 - Governor will adopt provisionally and recommend to the confirmation of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty...
Page 731 - Bratlay, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of our said Lady the Queen, her crown and dignity.
Page 725 - British government, was denied to have taken place ; it was an indispensable condition of the repeal of the British Orders, that commerce should be restored to a footing that would admit the productions and manufactures of Great Britain, when owned by neutrals, into markets shut against them by her enemy; the United States being given to understand that, in the mean time, a continuance of their non-importation act would lead to measures of retaliation.
Page 221 - Given under my hand and seal, this day of , in the year of our Lord , at , in the [county] aforesaid.
Page 729 - An enlarged philanthropy, and an enlightened forecast, concur in imposing on the National Councils an obligation to take a deep interest in their destinies; to cherish reciprocal sentiments of good will ; to regard the progress of events; and not to be unprepared for whatever order of things may be ultimately established...
Page 725 - In the unfriendly spirit of those disclosures indemnity and redress for other wrongs have continued to be withheld, and our coasts and the mouths of our harbors have again witnessed scenes not less derogatory to the dearest of our national rights than vexatious to the regular course of our trade.
Page 785 - Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.
Page 409 - Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation.
Page 729 - ... the great communities which occupy the southern portion of our own hemisphere and extend into our neighborhood. An enlarged philanthropy and an enlightened forecast concur in imposing on the national councils an obligation to take a deep interest in their destinies, to cherish reciprocal sentiments of good will, to regard the progress of events, and not to be unprepared...