Excerpt from The Splendid Village: Corn Law Rhymes, Vol. 1: And Other PoemsIf the lands of England be mortgaged to the amount of one third of their nominal value, and if the nomi nal exceed the real value by one half, is not the monied interest, in fact, the landed?-and are not the landlords.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.