Forty Years Recollections of Life Literature And Public Affairs From 1830 to
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Thai peculiarity was, that no man could sit in either House Vl'l. I. K 130 FORTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS.
of Parliament, of which, as in ours, there were two, who was not a tailor. To be a tailor doing a great stroke of business was to be eligible not only for a seat in the Legislature, but for all the principal offices of State ; and in fact the law was so framed, that if any man of talent, not a tailor, was anxious to procure admission into Parliament, he was compelled to do his conscience wrong... and hire a tailor's shop for a day, that he might swear at the moment of his election that he did really and truly belong to that eminent fraternity. The consequences of this state of things may be easily anticipated. People seeing that the tailors made, the law, looked up to the tailors with becoming respect ; and the monarchs of the country being in the power of the tailors from generation to generation, conferred honours, dignities, and emolu- ments, upon them. The tailors having so much power and consideration, naturally endeavoured to turn both to their own advantage, and made a law enacting that coats and breeches, and every species of attire, should not be sold under a certain large price.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Thai peculiarity was, that no man could sit in either House Vl'l. I. K 130 FORTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS.
of Parliament, of which, as in ours, there were two, who was not a tailor. To be a tailor doing a great stroke of business was to be eligible not only for a seat in the Legislature, but for all the principal offices of State ; and in fact the law was so framed, that if any man of talent, not a tailor, was anxious to procure admission into Parliament, he was compelled to do his conscience wrong... and hire a tailor's shop for a day, that he might swear at the moment of his election that he did really and truly belong to that eminent fraternity. The consequences of this state of things may be easily anticipated. People seeing that the tailors made, the law, looked up to the tailors with becoming respect ; and the monarchs of the country being in the power of the tailors from generation to generation, conferred honours, dignities, and emolu- ments, upon them. The tailors having so much power and consideration, naturally endeavoured to turn both to their own advantage, and made a law enacting that coats and breeches, and every species of attire, should not be sold under a certain large price.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Mackay, Charles, 1814-1889 to read onlineMoreLess
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