The Pamphleteer, Volume 8Abraham John Valpy A.J. Valpy, 1816 |
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... SITUATION of the COUNTRY . By A. H. HOLDS- WORTH , Esq . M. P. 385 421 VI . Report from the Select Committee on the EARL of ELGIN'S Collection of SCULPTURED MARBLES , & c . & c . 431 VII . A Dissertation on the ELEUSINIAN and BACCHIC ...
... SITUATION of the COUNTRY . By A. H. HOLDS- WORTH , Esq . M. P. 385 421 VI . Report from the Select Committee on the EARL of ELGIN'S Collection of SCULPTURED MARBLES , & c . & c . 431 VII . A Dissertation on the ELEUSINIAN and BACCHIC ...
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... situation of the people still more deplorable , and augmented the number of mendicants . ' To what an extremity “ It is curious , " says Dr. Burns , in his History of the Poor Laws , " to observe the progress , by what natural steps and ...
... situation of the people still more deplorable , and augmented the number of mendicants . ' To what an extremity “ It is curious , " says Dr. Burns , in his History of the Poor Laws , " to observe the progress , by what natural steps and ...
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... situation to which they are reduced . Eight millions expended , and that without promoting the happiness of one individual who participates in it . If the evil is suffered to proceed , the whole industry and revenue of the country will ...
... situation to which they are reduced . Eight millions expended , and that without promoting the happiness of one individual who participates in it . If the evil is suffered to proceed , the whole industry and revenue of the country will ...
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... situation and increasing the comforts of the great bulk of the nation . Supposing the contributions to be as follows : 697,353 families returned as em- ployed in agriculture at 12d . per family per week 1,813,117 923,588 families ...
... situation and increasing the comforts of the great bulk of the nation . Supposing the contributions to be as follows : 697,353 families returned as em- ployed in agriculture at 12d . per family per week 1,813,117 923,588 families ...
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... situation of the great body of the peo- ple . One material vice of the old system must be avoided . Flagitious conduct or conviction of crime or misdemeanour , must exclude such individuals from being subscribers to the parish saving ...
... situation of the great body of the peo- ple . One material vice of the old system must be avoided . Flagitious conduct or conviction of crime or misdemeanour , must exclude such individuals from being subscribers to the parish saving ...
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