Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volumes 30-31R. Bagshaw, 1971 |
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Page 277
... poor- rates triple in amount to what they had been before . The poor - laws were enacted in the reign of Queen Eliza . beth ; and , towards the close of the reign of Charles the Second they amounted , in England and Wales , to In the ...
... poor- rates triple in amount to what they had been before . The poor - laws were enacted in the reign of Queen Eliza . beth ; and , towards the close of the reign of Charles the Second they amounted , in England and Wales , to In the ...
Page 283
... poor - rates , form lately paid to the poor - rate , are ac- P. conspicuous feature " in the case . tually become paupers themselves , To be sure the , do . They form the and are receiving allowances like other only feature worth ...
... poor - rates , form lately paid to the poor - rate , are ac- P. conspicuous feature " in the case . tually become paupers themselves , To be sure the , do . They form the and are receiving allowances like other only feature worth ...
Page 289
... poor - ates in certaiu parishes . Iu one place they tell us , that they ex- ceed twenty shillings in the pound , taken at only one - fifth under the rack - rent . In another parish they say , that the poor - rates amount to twenty - two ...
... poor - ates in certaiu parishes . Iu one place they tell us , that they ex- ceed twenty shillings in the pound , taken at only one - fifth under the rack - rent . In another parish they say , that the poor - rates amount to twenty - two ...
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