Harry has made out a strong case for the repeal of the Corn Laws.

哈里提出强有力的理由，赞成废除《玉米法案》。

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The Corn Laws restricted imports of grain into the United Kingdom in order to protect domestic wheat producers.

《谷物法》限制粮食进口到英国以保护国内的小麦生产商。

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Ultimately it was not the eloquence of the arguments against the Corn Laws that led to their abolition—and more's the pity.

最终并不是口若悬河的辩论废止了《谷物法》，更多的是同情。

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Obediently, I read up on the Factory Acts and the Corn Laws and studied the newspaper.

NEWYORKER: Hand on the Shoulder

The immediate purpose of the repeal of the Corn Laws was to help the Irish peasantry caught in the grip of the potato famine.

ECONOMIST: Ireland and Gladstone and all that

Its unilateral move towards free trade began at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and culminated in the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846.

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