item: #1 of 7 id: 36795 author: Holyoake, George Jacob title: Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) date: None words: 63310 flesch: 69 summary: Yet, when Mr. Mill lost his seat for Westminster, Mr. Gladstone had written these great words: We all know Mr. Mill's intellectual eminence before he entered Parliament. Mr. Mill was of opinion, that the oath, being made the condition of obtaining justice, ordinary persons might take it. keywords: act; book; chapter; character; chartist; class; cobden; day; days; death; england; english; friends; garibaldi; general; george; gladstone; good; government; great; holyoake; house; interest; john; kingsley; knowledge; law; left; letter; life; london; lord; man; martineau; mazzini; meeting; men; mill; mind; new; newman; opinion; parliament; party; people; persons; place; power; professor; public; right; sir; street; things; thomas; thought; time; truth; war; way; words; working; world; years cache: 36795.txt plain text: 36795.txt item: #2 of 7 id: 36796 author: Holyoake, George Jacob title: Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) date: None words: 65888 flesch: 69 summary: But Mr. Gladstone was not unmindful of the service rendered to him at Newcastle, and when, some time later--no one else thinking of it--I made representations, through Mr. (afterwards Sir) James Stansfeld--without knowledge of Mr. Cowen or his son--I was instructed to inform Mr. Cowen, sen., that a baronetcy would be placed at his acceptance. Mr. Cowen entertained a strong repugnance to the word Empress, which might become a prelude to Imperialism--as it has done. keywords: act; america; archbishop; chapter; children; christian; church; cowen; day; days; disraeli; england; father; friend; gladstone; good; great; grounds; half; honour; house; human; interest; knowledge; lambeth; law; letter; life; london; lord; man; men; mind; morning; nature; new; oath; open; opinion; parliament; party; people; persons; place; policy; power; prayer; present; public; question; right; self; sense; sir; social; society; spencer; street; sunday; things; thought; time; truth; way; world; years cache: 36796.txt plain text: 36796.txt item: #3 of 7 id: 39104 author: Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster) title: Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland date: None words: 125743 flesch: 58 summary: He was a violent Tory--joined the anti-French party--commenced publishing--attacked with ferocity Priestley, Franklin, Rush, Jefferson, Dallas, Monroe, Gallatin, Fox, Sheridan, Bonaparte, Talleyrand, and a score of other great men--was arrested, and compelled to give bail in a heavy sum for his good behavior--was sued for a libel by Dr. Rush, who recovered five thousand dollars damages--fled from Philadelphia to New York, where the execution overtook him--was thrown into prison--the judgment was paid by his admirers--he left the country, and arrived in England in 1801. The Society of the Friends of the People numbered among its members the imposing names of the Duke of Richmond, Pitt, Sheridan, Whitbread, Grey, and other men of rank. keywords: abolition; age; bill; body; britain; british; brougham; burke; catholic; cause; century; chapter; character; church; code; commons; corn; country; court; day; death; edinburgh; emancipation; england; english; eye; fox; freedom; french; friends; general; genius; good; government; great; grey; half; hand; heart; high; house; india; influence; ireland; irish; john; king; kingdom; law; laws; left; letters; liberal; liberty; life; london; lord; mackintosh; man; measure; members; mind; ministers; national; new; o'connell; parliament; party; people; pitt; place; political; power; present; principles; public; reform; reformers; repeal; review; revolution; right; services; sir; slavery; society; speech; speeches; state; style; subject; system; till; time; trade; way; william; work; world; years cache: 39104.txt plain text: 39104.txt item: #4 of 7 id: 41023 author: Haw, George title: From Workhouse to Westminster: The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.P. date: None words: 77921 flesch: 75 summary: On the opening day of the public Inquiry at Poplar Crooks and his colleague George Lansbury felt it to be their duty to protest against its being conducted by an Inspector who, they alleged, had his verdict in his pocket. Mr. Crooks alone fulfils both the functions of the representative. keywords: board; bread; chairman; chapter; children; committee; council; country; crooks; day; days; election; end; good; government; government board; guardians; half; help; home; house; labour; labour man; law; life; london; long; man; mayor; member; men; money; morning; mother; new; night; parliament; party; people; place; policy; poor; poplar; poplar labour; public; relief; round; school; street; things; think; time; trade; unemployed; wages; way; week; wife; women; woolwich; work; workhouse; working; years cache: 41023.txt plain text: 41023.txt item: #5 of 7 id: 8461 author: Hunt, Henry title: Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 date: None words: 132230 flesch: 57 summary: The bill was, however, found at the quarter sessions, and the indictment was removed by _certiorari_ into the Court of King's Bench, to be tried at the assizes. When they were seven years in arrear, there was a mark of _degradation_ placed against their names, which were annually published, and many bore this disgrace with surprising fortitude, though some of them were Members of Parliament, with upwards of ten thousand a year income. keywords: address; attorney; bristol; burdett; cause; city; cobbett; colonel; commons; conduct; consequence; county; course; court; day; dinner; duty; election; england; fact; forward; francis; french; friends; general; good; government; house; hunt; john; jury; justice; king; law; left; letter; liberty; life; little; london; long; lord; man; means; meeting; men; mind; moment; old; parliament; party; people; person; pitt; place; poor; power; present; public; purpose; return; samuel; set; sheriff; sir; state; thing; time; verdict; way; westminster; whigs; years cache: 8461.txt plain text: 8461.txt item: #6 of 7 id: 8463 author: Hunt, Henry title: Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 date: None words: 160479 flesch: 58 summary: all that can be wished, except, indeed, the main thing, which is, that _you_ had a hand in the said '_insurrection_.' I have not the least doubt in my own mind, from what I have heard from the most respectable authority, but that the Gaoler, MERRYWEATHER, and the Parson Justice, Dr. CALEY ILLINGWORTH, were at _that time_ equally criminal with the Gaoler BRIDLE, and the Parson Justice Dr. HUNGERFORD COLSTON, at the _present_ time. keywords: address; answer; bill; bristol; burdett; cause; city; cobbett; committee; commons; conduct; country; day; election; england; fact; family; forward; francis; friends; gentlemen; good; government; great; hands; having; high; house; hunt; hustings; james; john; king; left; length; letter; life; like; london; long; lord; major; man; manner; means; meeting; mind; money; napoleon; number; order; parliament; pay; people; persons; petition; place; poor; pounds; power; present; prince; public; purpose; reform; resolutions; return; right; romilly; room; royal; samuel; sir; state; street; support; thing; time; vote; way; westminster; william; year cache: 8463.txt plain text: 8463.txt item: #7 of 7 id: 8685 author: Hunt, Henry title: Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 date: None words: 131262 flesch: 56 summary: The fatal day was, however, come, and I mounted in good time to proceed to the rendezvous at our Cornet's house at Syrencot.[12] By the time that you arrive at Reading your horses will have had good time to feed, and will be fresh to take you on to Newbury as early as you have named. keywords: bed; business; care; case; character; church; country; course; day; duty; fact; family; father; fellow; field; friend; going; good; great; half; hand; having; home; house; hunt; justice; king; lady; leave; left; length; life; lord; man; manner; master; means; men; miles; mind; moment; morning; mother; mrs; night; o'clock; people; person; place; poor; power; public; return; room; school; sir; sort; state; thing; thought; time; troop; way; wife; work; years cache: 8685.txt plain text: 8685.txt