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One such inhuman law is as good as a hundred , to show the spirit of English
legislation in past ages . What must ... Much has been said on all sides , of the “
English Poor Laws , " _ _ “ Poor Laws , indeed , ” said the Irish orator , “ they are ...
One such inhuman law is as good as a hundred , to show the spirit of English
legislation in past ages . What must ... Much has been said on all sides , of the “
English Poor Laws , " _ _ “ Poor Laws , indeed , ” said the Irish orator , “ they are ...
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not correspond with the opinions of many other persons , lest I should be thought
singular , I refer the reader to a number of papers on the Corn Laws , in the
Edinburgh Review , and particularly to an able article in the October No . of that ...
not correspond with the opinions of many other persons , lest I should be thought
singular , I refer the reader to a number of papers on the Corn Laws , in the
Edinburgh Review , and particularly to an able article in the October No . of that ...
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When the able Report of the Poor Law Commissioners was laid before
Parliament , in 1817 , Brougham fearlessly ... No person who has any reputation
as an author to lose , will deny that the picture I have drawn of the Poor Laws ,
and their ...
When the able Report of the Poor Law Commissioners was laid before
Parliament , in 1817 , Brougham fearlessly ... No person who has any reputation
as an author to lose , will deny that the picture I have drawn of the Poor Laws ,
and their ...
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Eislationsh Gowave in of the distress of the lower classes , we must inquire into
the laws which govern them , to ascertain what agency these laws have in
producing suffering . If the British Government have not by unjust legislation
incurred the ...
Eislationsh Gowave in of the distress of the lower classes , we must inquire into
the laws which govern them , to ascertain what agency these laws have in
producing suffering . If the British Government have not by unjust legislation
incurred the ...
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We have then proved from M ' Culloch ' s statistics that the prodigious sum of £30
, 690 , 250 sterling is paid for their wheat every year by the British people , more
than they would be obliged to pay if it were not for the infamous corn laws !
We have then proved from M ' Culloch ' s statistics that the prodigious sum of £30
, 690 , 250 sterling is paid for their wheat every year by the British people , more
than they would be obliged to pay if it were not for the infamous corn laws !
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| Título | The Condition and Fate of England ... Volumen1 de The Condition and Fate of England, Charles Edwards Lester |
| Autor | Charles Edwards Lester |
| Edición | 2 |
| Editor | J. & H.G. Langley, 1843 |
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