 I keep horses in three counties, and they tell me that I shall save fifteen hundred a year by free trade. I don't care for that. What I cannot bear is being sold.  The Life of Richard Cobden - Page 280by John Morley - 1881 - 640 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1885 - 492 pages
...' Well,' he returned, ' I keep horses in three counties, and they tell me that I shall save 1,600/. a year by free trade. I don't care for that. What I cannot bear is being sold ' (Мовьвт'в Life of Cobden, i. 368). The answer exhibite somewhat of the same spirit that led... | |
 | Scotland - 1904 - 1124 pages
...counties," said Lord George once to a Cobdenite, " and they tell me that I shall save fifteen hundred a-year by free trade. I don't care for that. What I cannot bear is being sold." But he was inspired also by a deeper feeling than sportsmanship and the dislike of being sold. He 110... | |
 | John Morley - Great Britain - 1906 - 1020 pages
...from the removal of the duty. " Well," Lord George answered, " I keep horses in three counties, and they tell me that I shall save fifteen hundred a year by free trade. I don't care for that. WJtat I cannot bear is being sold." This was not the language of magnanimity or of statesmanship, but... | |
 | William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole - Great Britain - 1907 - 566 pages
...evil from the removal of the duty. " Well," was the rejoinder, " I keep horses in three coUnties, and they tell me that I shall save fifteen hundred a year...care for that. What I cannot bear is being sold." 1 On January 27 the prime minister gave a further explanation of his proposals. The duties on tallow... | |
 | Sir Sidney Low, Lloyd Charles Sanders - Great Britain - 1907 - 568 pages
...evil from the removal of the duty. " Well," was the rejoinder, " I keep horses in three counties, and they tell me that I shall save fifteen hundred a year...care for that. What I cannot bear is being sold." 1 On January 27 the prime minister gave a further explanation of his proposals. The duties on tallow... | |
 | Archibald Philip Primrose Earl of Rosebery - 1910 - 550 pages
...to cool themselves on the deserted battlefield. ' They tell me,' said Lord George Bentinck, in 1846, 'that I shall save fifteen hundred a year by Free...care for that. What I cannot bear is being sold.' Pitt, too, could not bear being sold. That pique and a not ignoble rage had much to do with this philippic... | |
 | William Flavelle Monypenny, George Earle Buckle - Great Britain - 1912 - 498 pages
...mean to move an amendment.' ' I keep horses in three counties,' he said to a political opponent, 'and they tell me that I shall save fifteen hundred a year...care for that : what I cannot bear is being sold.' His activity in organising the third party at once led to the suggestion that he should accept the... | |
 | William Flavelle Monypenny, George Earle Buckle - Great Britain - 1912 - 510 pages
...mean to move an amendment.' ' I keep horses in three counties,' he said to a political opponent, 'and they tell me that I shall save fifteen hundred a year...care for that : what I cannot bear is being sold.' His activity in organising the third party at once led to the suggestion that he should accept the... | |
 | John Benjamin Firth - Nottinghamshire (England) - 1916 - 482 pages
...not follow him. " I keep horses in three counties," he said, " and they tell me I shall save £1,500 a year by Free Trade. I don't care for that. What I can't bear is being sold." But when the country gentlemen pressed him to form a third party of High... | |
 | Charles Whibley - Statesmen - 1917 - 626 pages
...looked upon Rogers. ' I keep horses in three counties,' said Lord George once to a Cobdenite, ' and they tell me that I shall save fifteen hundred a year...care for that. What I cannot bear is being sold.' He was inspired also by a deeper feeling than sportsmanship and the dislike of being sold. He honourably... | |
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