 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 514 pages
...that of poorer lands, it may sometimes be a tax of one half, or of ten shillings in the pound. The tythe, as it is frequently a very unequal tax upon...the farmer. The one cannot venture to make the most important, which are generally the most expensive improvements ; nor the other to raise the most valuable,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 542 pages
...that of poorer lands, it may fometimes be a tax of one half, or of ten fhillings in the pound. The tythe, as it is frequently a very unequal tax upon the rent, fo it is always a great difcouragement both to the improvements of the landlord and to the cultivation... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1813 - 442 pages
...A. Smith says, " The tithe, as it is i,c" quently a very unequal tax on i he rent, " so it is also a discouragement both to the " improvements of the landlord and to the ** cultivation of the farmer. The one can*.' not venture to make the most important, '.' which are generally the most expensive " improvements,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1839 - 448 pages
...of poorer lands, it may sometimes be a tax of one-half, or of ten shillings in the pound. The tithe, as it is frequently a very unequal tax upon the rent,...the farmer. The one cannot Venture to make the most important, which are generally the most expensive improvements ; nor the other to raise the most valuable,... | |
 | Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart - 1843 - 506 pages
...of poorer lands, it may sometimes be a tax of one-half, or of ten shillings in the pound. The tithe, as it is frequently a very unequal tax upon the rent, so it is always a great discourage- ment both to the improvements of the landlord and to the cultivation of the farmer. The... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1856 - 512 pages
...comprehended the tithe of all the industry and expense bestowed in bringing it forward. The tithe is also a great discouragement both to the improvements of...the landlord, and to the cultivation of the farmer ; neither of whom can be supposed to possess that spirit of enterprise which would naturally be inspired... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1856 - 502 pages
...comprehended the tithe of all the industry and expense bestowed in bringing it forward. The tithe is also a great discouragement both to the improvements of...the landlord, and to the cultivation of the farmer ; neither of whom can be supposed to possess that spirit of enterprise which would naturally be inspired... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1863 - 548 pages
...exertion which it is the object of all wise laws to cherish and promote." * " Tithe," says Adam Smith, " is always a great discouragement both to the improvements...the farmer. The one cannot venture to make the most important, which are generally the most expensive, improvements ; nor the other to rear the most valuable,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1869 - 616 pages
...of poorer lands, it may sometimes be a tax of one-half, or of ten shillings in the pound. The tithe, as it is frequently a very unequal tax upon the rent,...the farmer. The one cannot venture to make the most important, which are generally the most expensive improvements, nor the other to raise the most valuable,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 pages
...that of poorer lands, it may sometimes be a tax of one half, or ten shillings in the pound. The tithe, as it is frequently a very unequal tax upon the rent,...the farmer. The one cannot venture to make the most important, which are generally the most expensive, improvements ; nor the other to raise the most valuable,... | |
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The tythe, as it is frequently a very unequal tax upon the rent, so it is always a great discouragement both to the improvements of the landlord and to the cultivation of the farmer. The one cannot venture to make the most important, which are generally... 
