Observations on Some of the Chief Difficulties and Disadvantages of English Society, with Suggestions for Their RemedyHarvey and Darton, 1829 - 216 Seiten |
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... clear off many millions a - year . Such conduct as loan - mongers exhibit towards needy governments would , in the affairs of private life , fix on their characters great odium ; and this unjust portion of the bargain occasions our ...
... clear off many millions a - year . Such conduct as loan - mongers exhibit towards needy governments would , in the affairs of private life , fix on their characters great odium ; and this unjust portion of the bargain occasions our ...
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... clearly sees that we exceedingly miss it for want of a little more practical common sense , to render the efforts of more imposing genius tangible , he has ventured to offer these sug- gestions , confining himself to a few of the more ...
... clearly sees that we exceedingly miss it for want of a little more practical common sense , to render the efforts of more imposing genius tangible , he has ventured to offer these sug- gestions , confining himself to a few of the more ...
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... clear . Should the liberty herein taken require apology , the writer would wish to plead his ardent wishes for the welfare of his fellow - creatures gene- rally , and of his own countrymen and King in particular , whom it has pleased ...
... clear . Should the liberty herein taken require apology , the writer would wish to plead his ardent wishes for the welfare of his fellow - creatures gene- rally , and of his own countrymen and King in particular , whom it has pleased ...
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... clear , that if every mechanic in England acted thus , they would afford to each other twice the employment they now do ? That they would pay for what they bought ? That all those they dealt with would be much more enriched by them than ...
... clear , that if every mechanic in England acted thus , they would afford to each other twice the employment they now do ? That they would pay for what they bought ? That all those they dealt with would be much more enriched by them than ...
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... murder ; or as though it was his name , and not himself , that was to be hanged , or transported ; or as though , if he was accused of stealing a horse , and the crime was clearly proved , except that the animal turned out to be 59.
... murder ; or as though it was his name , and not himself , that was to be hanged , or transported ; or as though , if he was accused of stealing a horse , and the crime was clearly proved , except that the animal turned out to be 59.
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Seite 149 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Seite 218 - ... they are indescribably propitious, auspicious, and cheering. They presage the coming of that glorious future, when " all shall know the Lord, from the least to the greatest," and when " there shall be none to harm or destroy