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Page 437
... taxes " be the cause of the people's misery , " how comes it that they were not so " miserable before the taxes were re- " duced as they are now ? " Here is a fallacy , which you will be careful to detect . I know that the taxes have ...
... taxes " be the cause of the people's misery , " how comes it that they were not so " miserable before the taxes were re- " duced as they are now ? " Here is a fallacy , which you will be careful to detect . I know that the taxes have ...
Page 479
... taxes ; bt , have we always had taxes like these ? No , and it is not more than about eighty years since no such taxes had ever been heard of in England . The Excise , that curse of the nation , was begun by Sir Ro- BERT WALPOLE , a ...
... taxes ; bt , have we always had taxes like these ? No , and it is not more than about eighty years since no such taxes had ever been heard of in England . The Excise , that curse of the nation , was begun by Sir Ro- BERT WALPOLE , a ...
Page 675
... taxes paid by you and your yeo - ose who are called the " Lower manry cavalry tenants , did not at “ Classes , " pay nearly one fourth all affect the labouring classes , part more every year than all the it would be a matter of much ...
... taxes paid by you and your yeo - ose who are called the " Lower manry cavalry tenants , did not at “ Classes , " pay nearly one fourth all affect the labouring classes , part more every year than all the it would be a matter of much ...
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to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on | 73 |
Letter XII | 105 |
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