 In 1841 the free-trade party would have agreed to a duty of 8s. a quarter on wheat, and after a lapse of years this duty might have been further reduced, and ultimately abolished. But the imposition of any duty at present, without a provision for its...  Quarterly Review - Pàgina 1261875Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1846 - 750 pàgines
...settled were, that " the imposition of any duty at present, without a provision for its extinction within a short period, would but prolong a contest already...sufficiently fruitful of animosity and discontent." Another point on which I placed stress was, that " neither a Government nor a Legislature can ever... | |
 | Thomas Doubleday - 1856 - 552 pàgines
...abolished. But the imposition of any duty at present, without a provision for its extinction within a short period, would but prolong a contest already...sufficiently fruitful of animosity and discontent. The struggle to make bread scarce and dear, when it is clear that part, at least, of the additional price... | |
 | François Guizot - 1857 - 418 pàgines
...imposition of any duty at present, without a provision for its extinction within a short period would 3 but prolong a contest already sufficiently fruitful of animosity and discontent. The struggle to make bread scarce and dear, when it is clear that part, at least, of the additional price... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1858 - 784 pàgines
...a lapse of concluded, years this duty might have been further reduced and ultimately abolished. But the imposition of any duty at present, without a provision...sufficiently fruitful of animosity and discontent. The struggle to make bread scarce and dear, when it is clear that part at least of the additional price... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1860 - 724 pàgines
...and after a lapse of years this duty might have been further reduced and ultimately abolished. But the imposition of any duty at present, without a provision...sufficiently fruitful of animosity and discontent. The struggle to make bread scarce and dear, when it is clear that part at least of the additional price... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1866 - 402 pàgines
...abolished. But the imposition of any duty at present, without a provision for its extinction within a short period, would but prolong a contest already...sufficiently fruitful of animosity and discontent. The struggle to make bread scarce and dear, when it is clear that part, at least, of the additional price... | |
 | William Nassau Molesworth - 1874 - 428 pàgines
...following passages : ' The imposition of any duty at present, without a provision for its extinction within a short period, would but prolong a 'contest already...sufficiently fruitful of animosity and discontent. The struggle to make bread scarce and dear, when it is clear that part at least of the additional price... | |
 | William Nassau Molesworth - 1874 - 424 pàgines
...following passages : ' The imposition of any duty at present, without a provision for its extinction within a short period, would but prolong a 'contest already...sufficiently fruitful of animosity and discontent. The struggle to make bread scarce and dear, when it is clear that part at least of the additional price... | |
 | 1875 - 630 pàgines
...Parliament for an indemnity.' He must, however, have been overruled by his colleagues, for Parliament was not called together, as had been the general expectation,...before. To so shrewd a man his position for some time mnst necessarily have appeared untenable. As our author says, ' A Minister, whose judgment went along... | |
 | Theodore Martin - 1875 - 446 pàgines
...Edinburgh, where he was then staying. Abandoning his former creed, ' it is no longer worth while,5 he added, 'to contend for a fixed duty. The imposition of any...sufficiently fruitful of animosity and discontent.' After such a declaration, which fell like fuel upon flame, it was impossible for the Cabinet to temporise.... | |
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