The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 188
... thousand a - year , to repay him for the first outlay ; so that , should there be a strike among his workmen , he not only foregoes all the profits that might still remain to him , even though he submitted to their terms , but he incurs ...
... thousand a - year , to repay him for the first outlay ; so that , should there be a strike among his workmen , he not only foregoes all the profits that might still remain to him , even though he submitted to their terms , but he incurs ...
Page 373
... thousand workmen at some particular kind of it , an addi- tional thousand might be maintained at this rate daily for an hundred pounds . But we should not be surprised to find that the effect of their appear- ance and of their ...
... thousand workmen at some particular kind of it , an addi- tional thousand might be maintained at this rate daily for an hundred pounds . But we should not be surprised to find that the effect of their appear- ance and of their ...
Page 187
... thousand in the city of Glasgow , at the very least six thousand a - year is spent on intoxicat- ing liquors alone ; the specific remedy of the other for the distress and destitution of the lower classes in Scotland , is , that the ...
... thousand in the city of Glasgow , at the very least six thousand a - year is spent on intoxicat- ing liquors alone ; the specific remedy of the other for the distress and destitution of the lower classes in Scotland , is , that the ...
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