Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 15William Cobbett William Cobbett, 1809 - Great Britain |
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... interest and its honour ; and yet , we are told , by these same inquirers , that no fur- ther proceedings are neces ary ; because , during the whole of the service , great " zeal and firmness " were displayed by the parties accused ...
... interest and its honour ; and yet , we are told , by these same inquirers , that no fur- ther proceedings are neces ary ; because , during the whole of the service , great " zeal and firmness " were displayed by the parties accused ...
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... interest . Not so the SECOND and THIRD , which may be looked upon , and evidently was intended as an answer to the pledge demanded by me , and which pledge will be found in the last volume of the Political Register at page 841.It is ...
... interest . Not so the SECOND and THIRD , which may be looked upon , and evidently was intended as an answer to the pledge demanded by me , and which pledge will be found in the last volume of the Political Register at page 841.It is ...
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... interest at all to us , if the ministers and other placemen were kept out of the House ? They might , indeed , be of little interest to those , who are now seeking for place through the means of debates ; but , to the people : is it ...
... interest at all to us , if the ministers and other placemen were kept out of the House ? They might , indeed , be of little interest to those , who are now seeking for place through the means of debates ; but , to the people : is it ...
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... interest , in letters from the army , like those that gave us an account of Sir Arthur Wellesley's Protest , will be no consolation to me , and , I think , will be no consolation to any rational man , for the waste of so much of our ...
... interest , in letters from the army , like those that gave us an account of Sir Arthur Wellesley's Protest , will be no consolation to me , and , I think , will be no consolation to any rational man , for the waste of so much of our ...
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... interest ; and in that view , the inevitable effect of some of the articles offers itself to my mind as liable to material objection . - I trust that these reasons will vindicate me from the charge of presumption , in main- The Second ...
... interest ; and in that view , the inevitable effect of some of the articles offers itself to my mind as liable to material objection . - I trust that these reasons will vindicate me from the charge of presumption , in main- The Second ...
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