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Small: Our course, then, is clear if we desire to put an end to pauperism, or to lessen it, we should import everythi
"Our course, then, is clear; if we desire to put an end to pauperism, or to lessen it, we should import everything we can use or sell, in order that we may employ our unemployed hands, in making the goods by which we pay for these imports"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would mak
"If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good"
James Boswell, Lawyer
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Small: I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson
"I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson"
James Boswell, Lawyer
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Small: I will provide friendly and courteous service and will work closely with all departments in the county.
"I will provide friendly and courteous service and will work closely with all departments in the county. I will abide by the Texas Information Act in providing information to the public"
Anne Grant, Poet
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Small: If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again
"If you will take her, you may take her, but if you go from aboard, you shall never come aboard again"
William Kidd, Explorer
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Small: I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready
"I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready"
William Kidd, Explorer
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Small: I had no money nor friends to prepare for the trial till last night
"I had no money nor friends to prepare for the trial till last night"
William Kidd, Explorer
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Small: My lord, I will tell you what the case was. I was coming up within a league of the Dutchman, and some of my me
"My lord, I will tell you what the case was. I was coming up within a league of the Dutchman, and some of my men were making a mutiny about taking her, and my gunner told the people he could put the captain in a way to take the ship, and be safe"
William Kidd, Explorer
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Small: I would rather my soul broil in hell than I do you any harm
"I would rather my soul broil in hell than I do you any harm"
William Kidd, Explorer
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Small: Its never the wrong time to call on Toad. Early or late hes always the same fellow. Always good-tempered, alwa
"It's never the wrong time to call on Toad. Early or late he's always the same fellow. Always good-tempered, always glad to see you, always sorry when you go!"
Kenneth Grahame, Novelist
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Small: I have been sworn against by perjured and wicked people
"I have been sworn against by perjured and wicked people"
William Kidd, Explorer
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Small: Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come, while stars grew fuller and larger all aroun
"Toad talked big about all he was going to do in the days to come, while stars grew fuller and larger all around them, and a yellow moon, appearing suddenly and silently from nowhere in particular, came to keep them company and listen to their talk"
Kenneth Grahame, Novelist
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Small: There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats"
Kenneth Grahame, Novelist
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Small: There is abundant proof that the opening of our ports always tends to raise the price of foreign corn to the p
"There is abundant proof that the opening of our ports always tends to raise the price of foreign corn to the price in the English market, and not to sink the price of British corn to the price in the continental market"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: I maintain that the existing corn laws are bad, because they have given a monopoly of food to the landed inter
"I maintain that the existing corn laws are bad, because they have given a monopoly of food to the landed interest over every other class and over every other interest in the kingdom"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: Destroy or take away the employment and wages of those artisans - which the corn laws in a great measure do -
"Destroy or take away the employment and wages of those artisans - which the corn laws in a great measure do - and you will, ere long, render the land in Great Britain of as little value as it is in other countries"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: At the present moment the people of England are only three-quarters fed, and the result of this improvement in
"At the present moment the people of England are only three-quarters fed, and the result of this improvement in the export of our manufactures would be, that they would be entirely fed"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends
"I do not care so much for the death of my gunner, as for other passages of my voyage, for I have good friends in England that will bring me off for that"
William Kidd, Explorer
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Small: Fortunately for England, all her imports are raw materials
"Fortunately for England, all her imports are raw materials"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy, the two animals pas
"Slowly, but with no doubt or hesitation whatever, and in something of a solemn expectancy, the two animals passed through the broken tumultuous water and moored their boat at the flowery margin of the island"
Kenneth Grahame, Novelist
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Small: Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing
"Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing"
Kenneth Grahame, Novelist
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Small: Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead of sprawling all across
"Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead of sprawling all across the road and being of no use or support to each other in case of sudden trouble or danger"
Kenneth Grahame, Novelist
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Small: After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other f
"After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working"
Kenneth Grahame, Novelist
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Small: Our people are unemployed and anxious to work for the food which foreigners can give us
"Our people are unemployed and anxious to work for the food which foreigners can give us"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: I am willing to admit that if the agriculturists are oppressed by peculiar burdens, they ought to be relieved
"I am willing to admit that if the agriculturists are oppressed by peculiar burdens, they ought to be relieved from them, or be allowed a fair and just protection equivalent to all such peculiar burdens"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: Every time a child says I dont believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead
J. M. Barrie
"Every time a child says I don't believe in fairies there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead"
J. M. Barrie, Novelist
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Small: The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an i
"The Mole had long wanted to make the I acquaintance of the Badger. He seemed, by all accounts, to be such an important personage and, though rarely visible, to make his unseen influence felt by everybody about the place"
Kenneth Grahame, Novelist
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Small: The clever men at Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed. But they none of them know one half as much, as
"The clever men at Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed. But they none of them know one half as much, as intelligent Mr. Toad"
Kenneth Grahame, Novelist
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Small: Animals arrived, liked the look of the place, took up their quarters, settled down, spread, and flourished.
"Animals arrived, liked the look of the place, took up their quarters, settled down, spread, and flourished. They didn't bother themselves about the past - they never do; they're too busy"
Kenneth Grahame, Novelist
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Small: A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would tra
"A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was shattered into pieces"
Kenneth Grahame, Novelist
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Small: Worse there cannot be a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the coun
"Worse there cannot be; a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the country to produce exports, by increasing which, alone, can we flatter ourselves with the prospect of finding employment for that part of our population now unemployed"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: The advantage to Great Britain of a regular free trade in corn would, therefore, be more by raising the rest o
"The advantage to Great Britain of a regular free trade in corn would, therefore, be more by raising the rest of the world to our standard and price, than by lowering the prices here to the standard of the Continent"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: I see no reason for giving the capital employed in agriculture greater protection than the capital vested in o
"I see no reason for giving the capital employed in agriculture greater protection than the capital vested in other branches of trade, manufacture, or commerce"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery, summoned them back into the parlou
"When it began to grow dark, the Rat, with an air of excitement and mystery, summoned them back into the parlour, stood each of them up alongside of his little heap, and proceeded to dress them up for the coming expedition"
Kenneth Grahame, Novelist
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Small: In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently, the Briti
"In Great Britain the price of food is at a higher level than in any other country, and consequently, the British artisan labours at a disadvantage in proportion to the higher rate of his food"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: What farmers require is, that the prices should be moderate, and the markets steady and for this reason I did,
"What farmers require is, that the prices should be moderate, and the markets steady; and for this reason I did, in 1826, 1827, and 1828, take the course which I would now recommend to the House"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: We ought, therefore, to lessen the price of food to our manufacturers, and place them more on a level with the
"We ought, therefore, to lessen the price of food to our manufacturers, and place them more on a level with the manufacturers who have cheaper food, and also much lighter taxation"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: So that a famine price is vague, and the plan subject to all the inconvenience now experienced
"So that a famine price is vague, and the plan subject to all the inconvenience now experienced"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: It is, and long has been my opinion, and I have heard honourable members in this House declare it to be theirs
"It is, and long has been my opinion, and I have heard honourable members in this House declare it to be theirs - that it is the duty of Parliament equally to protect all the different interests in the country"
Joseph Hume, Scientist
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Small: Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds
J. M. Barrie
"Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds"
J. M. Barrie, Novelist
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