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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Page 142
... Hear ! " ) To what period did the noble lord who cheered refer ? Were they , in imitation of the report of the agricul- tural committee , to refer back only for a period of fifteen years ? What fair comparison could they possibly ...
... Hear ! " ) To what period did the noble lord who cheered refer ? Were they , in imitation of the report of the agricul- tural committee , to refer back only for a period of fifteen years ? What fair comparison could they possibly ...
Page 148
... hear his right honourable friend last night repeat that taunt , and quote Mr Huskisson , to the effect , that Europe , under such circumstances , might shut her ports against us . What was the fact ? —and fact was in this case a ...
... hear his right honourable friend last night repeat that taunt , and quote Mr Huskisson , to the effect , that Europe , under such circumstances , might shut her ports against us . What was the fact ? —and fact was in this case a ...
Page 154
... ( Hear , hear . ) It would not be just to conclude his observations , without a brief reference to the arguments used by the advo- cates for the present system of the corn laws . We were told by them , that it would be dangerous to trust ...
... ( Hear , hear . ) It would not be just to conclude his observations , without a brief reference to the arguments used by the advo- cates for the present system of the corn laws . We were told by them , that it would be dangerous to trust ...
Page 155
... ( Hear , and cheers . ) This dependence was not one- sided ; for if we depend on other nations for corn , they had to depend on us for what , to them , was more valuable than corn . It was thus that international commerce fructified , not ...
... ( Hear , and cheers . ) This dependence was not one- sided ; for if we depend on other nations for corn , they had to depend on us for what , to them , was more valuable than corn . It was thus that international commerce fructified , not ...
Page 156
... ( Hear . ) That , he thought , was was all they could ask ; it was all , he was sure , which the country ought to allow them . He had thus endeavoured to explain his views on this important question , and he believed he had spoken in ...
... ( Hear . ) That , he thought , was was all they could ask ; it was all , he was sure , which the country ought to allow them . He had thus endeavoured to explain his views on this important question , and he believed he had spoken in ...
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