Richard CobdenCassell, limited, 1885 - 130 pages |
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... John Bright has spoken of as " a pamphlet , I venture to say , of such sagacity and foresight that it has probably never been excelled by any essay on politics in modern times . " " Cobden always felt that much of what is best worth ...
... John Bright has spoken of as " a pamphlet , I venture to say , of such sagacity and foresight that it has probably never been excelled by any essay on politics in modern times . " " Cobden always felt that much of what is best worth ...
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... John Bright spoke , only a few years ago , to an audience in Bradford , on the occasion of the unveiling of the Cobden statue in that town , in giving an account of his first meeting with his friend Richard Cobden . He said : " The ...
... John Bright spoke , only a few years ago , to an audience in Bradford , on the occasion of the unveiling of the Cobden statue in that town , in giving an account of his first meeting with his friend Richard Cobden . He said : " The ...
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... John Bright , who was to labour so hard with Cobden , and with such wonderful effect , in the cause . Another name on that first list was Thomas Potter ( afterwards Sir Thomas ) , father of Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter , M.P. , the founder ...
... John Bright , who was to labour so hard with Cobden , and with such wonderful effect , in the cause . Another name on that first list was Thomas Potter ( afterwards Sir Thomas ) , father of Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter , M.P. , the founder ...
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... John Bright , who was only about seven years younger than Cobden . Mr. Bright has given his own account of the memorable and touching incident from which he dates the devotion of his energies to the work in which Cobden was the League's ...
... John Bright , who was only about seven years younger than Cobden . Mr. Bright has given his own account of the memorable and touching incident from which he dates the devotion of his energies to the work in which Cobden was the League's ...
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... John Russell , pressing the office upon his acceptance , and saying , " If ... John Russell to take a place in the Cabinet among the advisers of the Crown ... Bright , Gibson , Fox , and Miall were driven from Parliament by five great ...
... John Russell , pressing the office upon his acceptance , and saying , " If ... John Russell to take a place in the Cabinet among the advisers of the Crown ... Bright , Gibson , Fox , and Miall were driven from Parliament by five great ...
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Page 36 - It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.
Page 100 - ... with an eloquence the more to be admired because it was unaffected and unadorned : the name which ought to be chiefly associated with the success of these measures is the name of RICHARD COBDEN.
Page 87 - I accepted his invitation. I knew that the description he had given of the homes of thousands was not an exaggerated description. I felt in my conscience that there was a work which somebody must do, and therefore I accepted his invitation, and from that time we never ceased to labour hard on behalf of the resolution which we had made.