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“Hopdance cries in poor Tom’s belly for two white herrings.
Croak not, black angel: I have no food for thee.”
—King Lear.
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LETTERS AND SPEECHES UPON THE COTTON FAMINE
209 Letters of a Lancashire Lad
217 Mr Cobden’s Speech
227 Speech of the Earl of Derby
253 Songs of Distress chiefly written during the Cotton Famine