The Whistler at the Plough: Containing Travels, Statistics, and Descriptions of Scenery & Agricultural Customs in Most Parts of England: with Letters from Ireland: Also "Free Trade and the League;" a Biographical History, Volume 2James Ainsworth, 1853 - Free trade |
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... parliament , 15th March , 1838 , 437. * Waghorn , Thomas , pioneer of the over- land route to India , 307 . Walsall , the election there in 1840 , 506 . Warburton , Henry , 502 . Wilberforce , William , memoir of , 222 . Wilson , George ...
... parliament , 15th March , 1838 , 437. * Waghorn , Thomas , pioneer of the over- land route to India , 307 . Walsall , the election there in 1840 , 506 . Warburton , Henry , 502 . Wilberforce , William , memoir of , 222 . Wilson , George ...
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... parliament had begun to be directed by Mr Hus- kisson to the faulty character of that system of protective duties which had been acted on for the supposed benefit of colonial and domestic producers : the navigation laws had been already ...
... parliament had begun to be directed by Mr Hus- kisson to the faulty character of that system of protective duties which had been acted on for the supposed benefit of colonial and domestic producers : the navigation laws had been already ...
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... 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 know the character of the borough at that time , was severely contested ...
... 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 know the character of the borough at that time , was severely contested ...
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... parliamentary success , and the modest anticipations entertained by him of his future prospects . " My dear " London , February 28 , 1828 . " Thanks for your congratulations on what you are pleased to call my success in parliament . I ...
... parliamentary success , and the modest anticipations entertained by him of his future prospects . " My dear " London , February 28 , 1828 . " Thanks for your congratulations on what you are pleased to call my success in parliament . I ...
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... parliament , owing to the death of the King and the accession of William IV . , Mr Thomson had again to contest his seat for Dover with his former opponent , Mr Halcomb . The expenses of these frequent contests were dispiriting , and ...
... parliament , owing to the death of the King and the accession of William IV . , Mr Thomson had again to contest his seat for Dover with his former opponent , Mr Halcomb . The expenses of these frequent contests were dispiriting , and ...
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