The chief defence, however, was put forth by the Bishop of Landaff, in a pamphlet that attracted wide attention.6 " A new system of finance," said the Bishop, " has this year been introduced ; and I fairly own it has my approbation as far as it goes.... An Address to the People of Great Britain - Side 2af Richard Watson - 1798 - 42 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1798 - 932 sider
...this change will be no detriment either to our virtue as men, or to our fafety as members A new fyflcm of finance has this year been introduced ; and I fairly own it has my approbation as far as it goes. It his -¿¡ven great difcontent to many ; tu* ¡i uas given none to roc. I lament, 13 every man mult... | |
| Richard Watson - 1815 - 462 sider
...me to oppose measures which I approve. A new system of finance has this year been introduced ; and 1 fairly own it has my approbation as far as it goes. It has given great discontent to many ; but it has given none to me. I lament, as every man must do, the necessity of... | |
| Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman (R. A.) - 1911 - 750 sider
...Landaff, in a pamphlet that attracted wide attention.6 "A new system of finance," said the Bishop, " has this year been introduced ; and I fairly own it...approbation as far as it goes. It has given great discontent to many ; but it has given none to me. On the contrary," he added, "instead of calling for... | |
| 1914 - 776 sider
...Landaff, in a pamphlet that attracted wide attention.6 " A new system of finance," said the Bishop, " has this year been introduced ; and I fairly own it...approbation as far as it goes. It has given great discontent to many ; but it has given none to me. On the contrary," he added, "instead of calling for... | |
| Angus Whiteford Acworth - 1925 - 170 sider
...by Richard Watson, the versatile Bishop of Llandaff. " A new system of finance," he wrote in 1798, " has this year been introduced : and, I fairly own, it has my approbation as far as it goes. . . . But instead of calling for a tenth of a man's income, I wish the minister had called for a tenth,... | |
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