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    The Independent Statesmen, and Liberal Landlord or a respectful tribute to T. W. Coke, M.P. for the County of Norfolk
    The Independent Statesmen, and Liberal Landlord or a respectful tribute to T. W. Coke, M.P. for the County of Norfolk
    The Independent Statesmen, and Liberal Landlord or a respectful tribute to T. W. Coke, M.P. for the County of Norfolk
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    The Independent Statesmen, and Liberal Landlord or a respectful tribute to T. W. Coke, M.P. for the County of Norfolk

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      The Independent Statesmen, and Liberal Landlord or a respectful tribute to T. W. Coke, M.P. for the County of Norfolk - James Parkerson

      The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Independent Statesmen, and Liberal

      Landlord, by James Parkerson

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      Title: The Independent Statesmen, and Liberal Landlord

      or a respectful tribute to T. W. Coke, M.P. for the County of Norfolk

      Author: James Parkerson

      Release Date: July 13, 2010 [eBook #33149]

      Language: English

      Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)

      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE INDEPENDENT STATESMEN, AND

      LIBERAL LANDLORD***

      Transcribed from the early 1800’s edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org.  Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, UK, for kindly supplying the images from which this transcription was made.

      the

      INDEPENDENT STATESMAN,

      and

      Liberal Landlord;

      or

      A RESPECTFUL TRIBUTE

      to

      T. W. COKE, ESQ. M. P.

      for the

      COUNTY OF NORFOLK.

      BY J. PARKERSON, JUN.

      price 2s.

      NORWICH:

      Printed, by R. Walker, near the Duke’s Palace.

      A RESPECTFUL TRIBUTE

      to

      T. W. COKE, ESQ. M. P.

      In this candid address, Sir we beg to express,

      Our concern in observing the kingdom’s distress;

      In the senate we know sir you are never afraid,

      Our country’s foes to expose or upbraid;

      Upbraiding them now appears of no use,

      For a well-tim’d remark they denote as abuse.

      Our yeomen of Norfolk most loudly complain,

      Of present taxation and low prices of grain;

      Your tenantry find to their sorrow and grief,

      No efforts are made to afford them relief:

      His Majesty speaks of their present distress;

      Yet points out no method to render it less.

      You set an example to those of the state,

      By giving assistance before ’tis too late;

      You drop your rentals, the disease for to cure,

      They shou’d cause a reduction in expenditure,

      By lopping of branches that injure the vine,

      They tell us such method wou’d cause a decline.

      The weather was fickle, the

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