The Whistler at the Plough: Containing Travels, Statistics, and Descriptions of Scenery and Agricultural Customs in Most Parts of England: with Letters from Ireland: Also "Free Trade and the League;" a Biography History, Volume 2J. Ainsworth; London, W. French, 1853 - Free trade |
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... reform . On the 25th March Mr Thomson brought before the house a motion for a committee on the general taxation of the empire , in a speech of remarkable ability , in which he passed in review the whole system of our fiscal policy , and ...
... reform . On the 25th March Mr Thomson brought before the house a motion for a committee on the general taxation of the empire , in a speech of remarkable ability , in which he passed in review the whole system of our fiscal policy , and ...
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... reform ministry - even for Lord Althorp's influence ; and , on a division on the 18th of March , the timber duties were lost by a majority of 236 to 190. The justification of the proposal then made is to be found in its reproduction ten ...
... reform ministry - even for Lord Althorp's influence ; and , on a division on the 18th of March , the timber duties were lost by a majority of 236 to 190. The justification of the proposal then made is to be found in its reproduction ten ...
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... reform act ; but , unwilling to give up the time necessary for canvassing so extensive a constituency , he had declined the proposal . Upon being further urged , he ex- pressed his willingness to sit for Manchester , if elected , but ...
... reform act ; but , unwilling to give up the time necessary for canvassing so extensive a constituency , he had declined the proposal . Upon being further urged , he ex- pressed his willingness to sit for Manchester , if elected , but ...
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... reform act , by the constituency of the most important seat of manufacturing industry in the empire . Instances of such elections have occasionally oc- curred in France ; but in the history of parliamentary elec- tions in England , such ...
... reform act , by the constituency of the most important seat of manufacturing industry in the empire . Instances of such elections have occasionally oc- curred in France ; but in the history of parliamentary elec- tions in England , such ...
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... reform act had been carried . The word finality had been spoken at Lancaster by Lord Stanley . It had naturally grated harshly in the ears of many ardent and conscientious reformers , who saw plainly that the evils of the nomination ...
... reform act had been carried . The word finality had been spoken at Lancaster by Lord Stanley . It had naturally grated harshly in the ears of many ardent and conscientious reformers , who saw plainly that the evils of the nomination ...
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