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Page 152
... present market rate of 6d . to 9d . per pound scarcely paying the wages of the shepherd , the cost of shearing and freight , leaving the farmer without return . I am , therefore apprehensive that if the market for this our staple does ...
... present market rate of 6d . to 9d . per pound scarcely paying the wages of the shepherd , the cost of shearing and freight , leaving the farmer without return . I am , therefore apprehensive that if the market for this our staple does ...
Page 341
... present time to accede to any alteration of that kind in the bill . If the principle of the bill was to be interfered with by conferring special representation on any particular class or interest , none could say where the principle ...
... present time to accede to any alteration of that kind in the bill . If the principle of the bill was to be interfered with by conferring special representation on any particular class or interest , none could say where the principle ...
Page 572
... present themselves , and constituencies would find their chance of being practically , and therefore usefully represented , very much enlarged ; members would devote more attention to their legislative duties instead of making it , as ...
... present themselves , and constituencies would find their chance of being practically , and therefore usefully represented , very much enlarged ; members would devote more attention to their legislative duties instead of making it , as ...
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