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 |
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... continued , though protracted by the delay of the dissolution of parliament , which had been expected in the summer of 1825 , but did not take place until May 1826 . The election , as might have been anticipated by all who really knew ...
... continued , though protracted by the delay of the dissolution of parliament , which had been expected in the summer of 1825 , but did not take place until May 1826 . The election , as might have been anticipated by all who really knew ...
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... continued to take an active share , even while devoting by far the largest portion of his time to parliamentary labours . A dissolution of part- nership accordingly took place in November . He was once more re - elected for Dover , this ...
... continued to take an active share , even while devoting by far the largest portion of his time to parliamentary labours . A dissolution of part- nership accordingly took place in November . He was once more re - elected for Dover , this ...
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... continued at intervals up to 1835 , were not without fruit , though the interested opposition of particular interests , which happen unfortunately to be strongly represented in the French chambers , has prevented , even up to the ...
... continued at intervals up to 1835 , were not without fruit , though the interested opposition of particular interests , which happen unfortunately to be strongly represented in the French chambers , has prevented , even up to the ...
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... continued resistance from the West India interest to the continuance of the act by which foreign sugars were admitted to be refined in this country- a permission by which Britain obtains a very valuable carry- ing trade , and is made ...
... continued resistance from the West India interest to the continuance of the act by which foreign sugars were admitted to be refined in this country- a permission by which Britain obtains a very valuable carry- ing trade , and is made ...
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... CONTINUED ALTERATIONS IN THE CUSTOMS DUTIES . In the course of the following session , many valuable alter- ations were effected by Mr Thomson in the customs duties . Besides the entire abolition of the duty on hemp , an absurd and ...
... CONTINUED ALTERATIONS IN THE CUSTOMS DUTIES . In the course of the following session , many valuable alter- ations were effected by Mr Thomson in the customs duties . Besides the entire abolition of the duty on hemp , an absurd and ...
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