...Because taxes drained from other parts of the kingdom, were brought thither. The dispersion of the wen is the only real difficulty that I see in settling the affairs of the nation and restortfgt it to a happy state. But, dispersed it must be ; and, if tlere behalf a million, or more,...

...As early as 1821, William Cobbett argued that 'the dispersion of the wen is the only real difficulty in settling the affairs of the nation and restoring...suffering will be divided into half a million of parts.' The time between Cobbett 's remark and the New Towns Act in 1946 can be split into equal periods, one...

...Because taxes, drained from other parts of the kingdom, were brought thither. The dispersion of the wen is the only real difficulty that I see in settling...to suffer, the consolation is, that the suffering wiE be divided into half a million of parts. As if the swelling out of London, naturally produced by...