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... Lord John Russell gave notice that he proposed to in- troduce a measure abolishing the " sliding - scale , " and substi- tuting for it a fixed duty of 8s . per quarter on wheat , 4s . 6d . on barley , and 3s . 4d . on oats . Before the ...
... Lord John Russell gave notice that he proposed to in- troduce a measure abolishing the " sliding - scale , " and substi- tuting for it a fixed duty of 8s . per quarter on wheat , 4s . 6d . on barley , and 3s . 4d . on oats . Before the ...
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... Lord Palmerston , who seized the opportunity of distinctly advocat- ing freedom of trade . After four nights ' debate , Lord John Russell's motion was rejected by a majority of 123 . 66 A more thorough - going motion was proposed by Mr ...
... Lord Palmerston , who seized the opportunity of distinctly advocat- ing freedom of trade . After four nights ' debate , Lord John Russell's motion was rejected by a majority of 123 . 66 A more thorough - going motion was proposed by Mr ...
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... Lord John Russell had given the cue to the Whig party how to vote , by saying that he would vote against the motion , because it pledged him to the total aboli- tion of all duties on corn , whereas he was in favor of a mod- erate fixed ...
... Lord John Russell had given the cue to the Whig party how to vote , by saying that he would vote against the motion , because it pledged him to the total aboli- tion of all duties on corn , whereas he was in favor of a mod- erate fixed ...
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... Sir James Gra- ham , in which , after mentioning the failure of the potato crop ... John Bright . An extract from the lat- ter's speech may be quoted , as ... Lord John Russell gave his opinion defi- nitely in favor of the total repeal ...
... Sir James Gra- ham , in which , after mentioning the failure of the potato crop ... John Bright . An extract from the lat- ter's speech may be quoted , as ... Lord John Russell gave his opinion defi- nitely in favor of the total repeal ...
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... Lord John Russell thanked the deputa- tion for the information afforded , but declined to pledge him- self to the adoption of any course . Though no practical result followed immediately from these interviews , they were far from being ...
... Lord John Russell thanked the deputa- tion for the information afforded , but declined to pledge him- self to the adoption of any course . Though no practical result followed immediately from these interviews , they were far from being ...
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Page 59 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ; no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down ; no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond...
Page 13 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts : — but to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt...
Page 135 - ... the blow that rends its kindred throne! You have said, my lords, you have willed — the Church and the King have willed — that the Queen should be deprived of its solemn service! She has, instead of that solemnity, the heartfelt prayers of the people. She wants no prayers of mine. But I do here pour forth my humble...
Page 273 - That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare temperance : If every just man, that now pines with want, Had but a moderate and beseeming share Of that which lewdly-pampered luxury Now heaps upon some few with vast excess, Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed In unsuperfluous even proportion, And she no whit encumbered with her store...
Page 136 - ... kindred Throne ! You have said, my Lords, you have willed — -the Church and the King have willed — that the Queen should be deprived of its solemn service. She has instead of that solemnity, the heartfelt prayers of the people. She wants no prayers of mine. But I do here pour forth my humble supplications at the Throne of Mercy, that that mercy may be poured down upon the people, in a larger measure than the merits of its rulers may deserve, and that your hearts may be turned to justice.
Page 23 - Rousseau, Sir, is a very bad man. I would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation, than that of any felon who has gone from the Old Bailey these many years. Yes, I should like to have him work in the plantations." BOSWELL. "Sir, do you think him as bad a man as Voltaire?" JOHNSON. "Why, Sir, it is difficult to settle the proportion of iniquity between them.
Page 439 - You Enterprised a Railroad through the valley — you blasted its rocks away, heaped thousands of tons of shale into its lovely stream. The valley is gone, and the Gods with it; and now, every fool in Buxton can be at Bakewell in half an hour, and every fool in Bakewell at Buxton; which you think a lucrative process of exchange — you Fools Everywhere.
Page 409 - ... effort or hesitation. Nor was this promptitude and compass of knowledge confined in any degree to the studies connected with his ordinary pursuits. That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine,...
Page 432 - The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention.
Page 247 - To expect, indeed, that the freedom of trade should ever be entirely restored in Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established in it.