The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 5J. Ridgeway amd sons, 1837 |
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... increase of pauperism among them would be in proportion to the diminished value of their food , and the ease of ob- taining it . The man who now thinks himself ill off without the finest bread , would then think himself entitled to ...
... increase of pauperism among them would be in proportion to the diminished value of their food , and the ease of ob- taining it . The man who now thinks himself ill off without the finest bread , would then think himself entitled to ...
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... increase of popu- lation . " - Page 147 . " Given the aggregate wealth of a nation , " says Mr. Bent- ham in one of his unpublished manuscripts , " the condition " of the people will be in proportion to their numbers . " We have seen ...
... increase of popu- lation . " - Page 147 . " Given the aggregate wealth of a nation , " says Mr. Bent- ham in one of his unpublished manuscripts , " the condition " of the people will be in proportion to their numbers . " We have seen ...
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... increase in the same ratio as the wealth ; but if every law and institution should tend to the undue amassing of wealth , it must be equally clear not only that happiness may not go hand in hand with wealth , but that wealth may become ...
... increase in the same ratio as the wealth ; but if every law and institution should tend to the undue amassing of wealth , it must be equally clear not only that happiness may not go hand in hand with wealth , but that wealth may become ...
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... increase acquire a di- rect voice in the making of laws ; whilst such places as de- crease below fifty electors lose the direct voice as a place , but are not disfranchised , as they join another district . The va- riation in the number ...
... increase acquire a di- rect voice in the making of laws ; whilst such places as de- crease below fifty electors lose the direct voice as a place , but are not disfranchised , as they join another district . The va- riation in the number ...
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... increase ten - fold when the forms and properties of its poetry are to be represented . Not merely the existence of rhyme with us , and the absence of metre in its classical sense , produce the dissimilarity 58 Landor's Imaginary ...
... increase ten - fold when the forms and properties of its poetry are to be represented . Not merely the existence of rhyme with us , and the absence of metre in its classical sense , produce the dissimilarity 58 Landor's Imaginary ...
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Page 527 - I gave away the cake to him. I walked on a little in all the pride of an Evangelical peacock, when of a sudden my old aunt's kindness crossed me; the sum it was to her; the pleasure she had a right to expect that I — not the old...
Page 339 - And whereas the enforcing of the conscience in matters of religion," such was the sublime tenor of a part of the statute, " hath frequently fallen out to be of dangerous consequence in those commonwealths where it has been practised, and for the more quiet and peaceable government of this province, and the better to preserve mutual love and amity among the inhabitants, no person within this province, professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall be any ways troubled, molested, or discountenanced,...
Page 362 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Page 531 - Lamb himself, the most delightful, the most provoking, the most witty and sensible of men. He always made the best pun, and the best remark in the course of the evening.
Page 347 - If you aim at a Scottish Presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the deviL Then Jack, and Tom, and Will, and Dick, shall meet, and at their pleasure censure me and my council...
Page 362 - The Sensual and the Dark rebel in vain, Slaves by their own compulsion! In mad game They burst their manacles and wear the name Of Freedom, graven on a heavier chain!
Page 506 - I WAS born, and passed the first seven years of my life, in the Temple. Its church, its halls, its gardens, its fountain, its river, I had almost said — for in those young years, what was this king of rivers to me but a stream that watered our pleasant places ? — these are of my oldest recollections.
Page 334 - Calvert deserves to be ranked among the most wise and benevolent lawgivers of all ages. He was the first in the history of the Christian world to seek for religious security and peace by the practice of justice, and not by the exercise of power ; to plan the establishment of popular institutions with the enjoyment of liberty of conscience ; to advance the career of civilization by recognizing the rightful equality of all Christian sects.
Page 515 - I cannot make these present times present to me. I read histories of the past, and I live in them ; although, to abstract senses, they are far less momentous than the noises which keep Europe awake. I am reading Burnet's Own Times.
Page 211 - Christ, commanded his disciples to ' love one another ;' he taught them to love even their enemies, to bless those that curse them, and to pray for those who persecuted them. He himself prayed for his murderers. " Many men hold erroneous doctrines ; but we ought not to hate or persecute them. We ought to seek for the truth, and...