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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... give several pounds a piece for the removal of nearly half their population ; yet this goes on still faster every year , if one may judge , either by personal observation or the returns of population to legislative directions . But how ...
... give several pounds a piece for the removal of nearly half their population ; yet this goes on still faster every year , if one may judge , either by personal observation or the returns of population to legislative directions . But how ...
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... suspended a single week their distress is great , and they must give from their wretched stock of apparel , or furniture , to procure food ; the dear - bought # credit of drunkenness and poverty , and a slight pittance D 2 35.
... suspended a single week their distress is great , and they must give from their wretched stock of apparel , or furniture , to procure food ; the dear - bought # credit of drunkenness and poverty , and a slight pittance D 2 35.
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... give for them thrice the rent , that , from the nature of things , they are worth , as compared with such property among the nations who are our competitors in manufactures , thus giving to the landlords a large proportion of the wages ...
... give for them thrice the rent , that , from the nature of things , they are worth , as compared with such property among the nations who are our competitors in manufactures , thus giving to the landlords a large proportion of the wages ...
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... give to the manufacturer twice the custom or employment that other mechanics give on an average . Is it not clear , that if every mechanic in England acted thus , they would afford to each other twice the employment they now do ? That ...
... give to the manufacturer twice the custom or employment that other mechanics give on an average . Is it not clear , that if every mechanic in England acted thus , they would afford to each other twice the employment they now do ? That ...
Seite 39
... give profit- able employment to others ? There would then be no employment for any , because none would have any thing to work upon ; but reverse the case : if all those , whose cir- cumstances required them to work , were industrious ...
... give profit- able employment to others ? There would then be no employment for any , because none would have any thing to work upon ; but reverse the case : if all those , whose cir- cumstances required them to work , were industrious ...
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Beliebte Passagen
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