The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 44
... better --but because they were willing to pay rent for the better , if they could have got it , they descended to the worse . The existence of the worse land , so far from originating a rent upon the better , pre- vented it from rising ...
... better --but because they were willing to pay rent for the better , if they could have got it , they descended to the worse . The existence of the worse land , so far from originating a rent upon the better , pre- vented it from rising ...
Page 54
... Better far , than that , from the vomitories of hu- man mechanism , there should go forth indefinite subsistence for indefinite multitudes - better far , that this should have its fixed and impassable limits ; and that men , with the ...
... Better far , than that , from the vomitories of hu- man mechanism , there should go forth indefinite subsistence for indefinite multitudes - better far , that this should have its fixed and impassable limits ; and that men , with the ...
Page 388
... better , is not nearly so ex- pensive as to pay the better wages altogether : — And it is this which tempts the charitable to the first method of supplementing , rather than to the second method of withdrawing ; and , even when the ...
... better , is not nearly so ex- pensive as to pay the better wages altogether : — And it is this which tempts the charitable to the first method of supplementing , rather than to the second method of withdrawing ; and , even when the ...
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