The Pamphleteer, Volume 8Abraham John Valpy A.J. Valpy, 1816 |
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... object to obtain . The call , on the part of the country , on this House , to go into an inquiry on the poor laws , has been general : I trust therefore , however unequal to the task , that I shall meet with indulgence proportioned to ...
... object to obtain . The call , on the part of the country , on this House , to go into an inquiry on the poor laws , has been general : I trust therefore , however unequal to the task , that I shall meet with indulgence proportioned to ...
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... object . The wealth of the country was doubt- lessly rapidly augmented : luxury spread its baneful influence through all ranks of society . The price of labour rose , and the earnings of the working classes were increased , though not ...
... object . The wealth of the country was doubt- lessly rapidly augmented : luxury spread its baneful influence through all ranks of society . The price of labour rose , and the earnings of the working classes were increased , though not ...
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... object of these receptacles seems to have been not to accommodate the needy , but to deter them from apply- ing for relief : as a preliminary every domestic comfort was to be sacrificed their little property seized for the benefit of ...
... object of these receptacles seems to have been not to accommodate the needy , but to deter them from apply- ing for relief : as a preliminary every domestic comfort was to be sacrificed their little property seized for the benefit of ...
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... objects as might be conducive to the comfort and happiness of the laboring classes . That to this fund capitalists and property should contribute . That all ranks and classes in society should join in promo- ting a system for bettering ...
... objects as might be conducive to the comfort and happiness of the laboring classes . That to this fund capitalists and property should contribute . That all ranks and classes in society should join in promo- ting a system for bettering ...
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... objects of distress . Rewards for good conduct would naturally form a part of a plan that aimed at elevating the situation of the great body of the peo- ple . One material vice of the old system must be avoided . Flagitious conduct or ...
... objects of distress . Rewards for good conduct would naturally form a part of a plan that aimed at elevating the situation of the great body of the peo- ple . One material vice of the old system must be avoided . Flagitious conduct or ...
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Page 267 - The powers consequently declare, that Napoleon Buonaparte has placed himself without the pale of civil and social relations, and that as an enemy and disturber of the tranquillity of the world, he has rendered himself liable to public vengeance.
Page 399 - Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.
Page 245 - For this is not the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance ever should arise in the Commonwealth, that let no man in this world expect ; but when complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
Page 25 - it is one of the finest problems in legislation to determine what the state ought to take upon itself to direct by public wisdom, and what it ought to leave, with as little interference as possible, to individual exertion.
Page 37 - The first volume of his chief work was published, in 1738, under the title of the Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated on the Principles of a Religious Deist, from the Omission of the Doctrine of a Future State of Rewards and Punishments in the Jewish Dispensation.
Page 450 - But if it be true, as we learn from history and experience, that free governments afford a soil most suitable to the production of native talent, to the maturing of the powers of the human mind, and to the growth of every species of excellence, by opening to merit the prospect of reward and distinction, no country can be better adapted than our own to afford an honourable asylum to these monuments of the school of Phidias and of the administration of Pericle,s; where, secure from further injury and...
Page 511 - ... to the State itself, nor to any body in it ; as there can be no security for the uniformity in the value of the currency, when its augmentation or diminution depends solely on the will of the issuers. That the Bank have the power of reducing the circulation to the very narrowest limits will not be denied, even by those who agree in opinion with the directors, that they have not the power of adding indefinitely to its quantity.
Page 321 - ... forcibly separated from his wife and children, dragged to public auction, purchased by a stranger, and perhaps sent to terminate his miserable existence in the mines of Mexico; excluded for ever from the light of heaven! and all this without any crime or imprudence on his part, real or pretended. He is punished because his master is unfortunate.
Page 11 - ... a convenient stock of flax hemp wool thread iron and other necessary ware and stuff to set the poor on work: and also competent sums of money for and towards the necessary relief of the lame impotent old blind and such other among them being poor and not able to work...
Page 572 - My son, fear thou the LORD and the king : and meddle not with them that are given to change...