Corn Law
Americannoun
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He then turned to win that of the people by a new Corn Law which arranged that the Government should buy corn wholesale and supply it to the Roman people at a fixed low price.
From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Hamilton, Mary Agnes
Corn Law Repeal 1846 The Corn Law duty’s brushed away, Hence we enjoy cheap bread to-day.
From A Humorous History of England by Harrison, Charles
Here his "meteor pen," as the author of the Corn Law Rhymes aptly called it, passes like sunlight over the glowing page.
From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert
Burns were a better study for her than Moore; the Corn Law rhymer than Poe.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
At the same time bad harvests diminished the supply of corn, and a new Corn Law which prohibited imports till the home price was eighty shillings a quarter aggravated the effects of natural deficiency.
From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon
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