The Barber's Chair: And The Hedgehog LettersChatto and Windus, 1874 - 327 pages |
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... Robert wouldn't give him so much as a penny roll , not so much as the smallest sprat that swims in the Treasury , why then- Slowgoe . Sir Robert ! Hear what he does to Sir Robert , accordin ' to Sir John Tyrrel , who was at Lynn . He ...
... Robert wouldn't give him so much as a penny roll , not so much as the smallest sprat that swims in the Treasury , why then- Slowgoe . Sir Robert ! Hear what he does to Sir Robert , accordin ' to Sir John Tyrrel , who was at Lynn . He ...
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... Robert Peel answerable for what he calls " the vengeance of Providence ; " he meant to lay at Sir Robert's door the misery and starvation - and it makes one's heart sick and one's blood cold to think of it - of thousands and thousands ...
... Robert Peel answerable for what he calls " the vengeance of Providence ; " he meant to lay at Sir Robert's door the misery and starvation - and it makes one's heart sick and one's blood cold to think of it - of thousands and thousands ...
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... Robert Peel as upon anything else . When the true cause is found out , why , then , as gentlemen , we can shift it . Nightflit . Here's a bit from the Dublin Record that says it's Popery as has brought about the blight . It's nothing ...
... Robert Peel as upon anything else . When the true cause is found out , why , then , as gentlemen , we can shift it . Nightflit . Here's a bit from the Dublin Record that says it's Popery as has brought about the blight . It's nothing ...
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... Robert's measures . Two or three members - for form's sake - abused the income - tax , but nevertheless said they would vote for it . Lord John Russell called it a shameful , infamous , ignominious , tyrannical , prying impost : he ...
... Robert's measures . Two or three members - for form's sake - abused the income - tax , but nevertheless said they would vote for it . Lord John Russell called it a shameful , infamous , ignominious , tyrannical , prying impost : he ...
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... Robert , is much better than if the duty were taken off light . It is not for such as me to dispute with a minister , but I can't see how , if I'm to get my house glazed duty free , it's quite as good as if there was no window - tax ...
... Robert , is much better than if the duty were taken off light . It is not for such as me to dispute with a minister , but I can't see how , if I'm to get my house glazed duty free , it's quite as good as if there was no window - tax ...
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