 | 1880 - 472 страници
...Arthur Young wrote to long ;uu as 17S9 : — " Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease o( a garden aud he will turn it into a desert. The magic of property turns sand into gold." He was... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1840 - 564 страници
...of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a , • Tour in France, Vol. ip 407. t Ibid. Vol. ip 37. garden : give him a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert."* The beneficial effects of property, therefore, in improving the industrious habits of the persons who... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1846 - 622 страници
...Young, in his Tour in France, observes — " Give a man the secure possession of .1 bleak rock, and lie will turn it into a, garden ; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and ho will convert it into a desert." It is admitted, that where the landlord is resident and the estate... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1848 - 622 страници
...the enjoyment of property must have done it. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him a nine years'...speaks no longer from surmise, but from knowledge. "Takef the road to Moneng, and come presently to a scene which was so new to me in France, that I could... | |
 | Jonathan Pim - 1848 - 396 страници
...enjoyment of property must have " done it. Give a man the secure possession of a " bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; " give him a nine years'...a garden, and " he will convert it into a desert." One other instance is adduced, of a country which a short time since suffered the worst evils of the... | |
 | Jonathan Pim - 1848 - 398 страници
...enjoyment of property must have " done it. Give a man the secure possession of a " bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; " give him a nine years'...a garden, and " he will convert it into a desert." One other instance is adduced, of a country which a short time since suffered the worst evils of the... | |
 | Colonisation Society - 1848 - 38 страници
...just is the remark of Mr. Arthur Young, " Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him a nine years'...of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert." The amount of land sales in the United States during ten years has averaged more than one million and... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1848 - 570 страници
...The magic of property turns sand to gold. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will turn it into a desert." The idea of conferring not only on our pauper labourers, but on the whole mass... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1849 - 356 страници
...turns sand into gold.' ' Give a man,' we are told, ' the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden — give him a nine years'...of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.' What is most conspicuous through all the authorities which Mr Mill and others have brought together... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1849 - 358 страници
...turns sand into gold.' ' Give a man,' we are told, ' the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden — give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and ho will convert it into a desert.' What is most conspicuous through all the authorities which Mr Mill... | |
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Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert. 
