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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... considerable by those who re- member the bitter and malicious spirit in which he and other members of the administration were continually assailed by the opposition press , and the eagerness with which every cir cumstance in their ...
... considerable by those who re- member the bitter and malicious spirit in which he and other members of the administration were continually assailed by the opposition press , and the eagerness with which every cir cumstance in their ...
Page 42
... considerable extent , in many cases from a prohibitory amount to a trifling per centage , upon 217 articles of commerce in 1832 63 1833 ... ... 16 1834 ... ... 3 1835 ... ... 49 1836 25 1838 ... 373 articles in the whole . These ...
... considerable extent , in many cases from a prohibitory amount to a trifling per centage , upon 217 articles of commerce in 1832 63 1833 ... ... 16 1834 ... ... 3 1835 ... ... 49 1836 25 1838 ... 373 articles in the whole . These ...
Page 48
... considerable degree into that of the government of which he formed a unit . This is a sacrifice required of every public man , so long as he holds office . He loses his individuality to all outward appearance , being obliged to conform ...
... considerable degree into that of the government of which he formed a unit . This is a sacrifice required of every public man , so long as he holds office . He loses his individuality to all outward appearance , being obliged to conform ...
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... considerable portion of the higher ranks in Quebec , felt no little pride in receiving a Governor - General who had himself been bred to business like their own . And they welcomed him with an address from their body , expressing this ...
... considerable portion of the higher ranks in Quebec , felt no little pride in receiving a Governor - General who had himself been bred to business like their own . And they welcomed him with an address from their body , expressing this ...
Page 68
... considerable progress was made towards the intro- duction of British customs and feelings . Nor were there any complaints at that time of the hardship of such a policy . On the contrary , the people , too happy to be relieved from the ...
... considerable progress was made towards the intro- duction of British customs and feelings . Nor were there any complaints at that time of the hardship of such a policy . On the contrary , the people , too happy to be relieved from the ...
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