Civilization: Or, A Brief Analysis of the Natural Laws that Regulate the Numbers and Condition of MankingSaunders and Otley, 1836 - 216 страници |
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Страница 191 - By the Lord, Horatio, these three years I have taken note of it; the age is grown so picked, that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kihe."*
Страница 133 - Why, let the strucken deer go weep, The hart ungalled play: For some must watch, while some must sleep; Thus runs the world away.
Страница 38 - the accommodation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accommodation of the latter exceeds that of many an African king, the
Страница 41 - 102 distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be put apprentice, and that he only learns his master's department, and is unable, after his apprenticeship has expired, without subsequent instruction, to work at any other branch. The watch finisher, whose business it is to put together the scattered parts, is the only one out of the
Страница 77 - expend his revenue in the manner of an ancient baron, in the support of a great number of retainers, or menial servants, he will give employment to much more labour than if he expended it on fine clothes or costly furniture, on carriages
Страница 151 - This consequence seemed to be the more difficult to explain, since the settlers, who all belonged to the same European race, had the same habits, the same civilization, the same laws, and their shades of difference were extremely slight."*
Страница 194 - the time of Charlemagne. The same extent of ground which at present maintains, in ease and plenty, a million of husbandmen and artificers, was unable to supply a hundred thousand lazy warriors with the simple
Страница 11 - What might be toward, that this sweaty haste Doth make the night joint labourer with the day, Who is
Страница 77 - horses, or in the purchase of any other luxuries. In both cases the net revenue would be the same, and so would be the gross revenue ; but the former would be realized in different commodities. If my revenue were