The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 18-19W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 245
... enlargement that must have taken place within the last half century , in the produce of our home agriculture ; and yet the actual straitness that is felt in spite of it . The phenomenon admits of an easy explanation , palpable as ...
... enlargement that must have taken place within the last half century , in the produce of our home agriculture ; and yet the actual straitness that is felt in spite of it . The phenomenon admits of an easy explanation , palpable as ...
Page 296
... enlargement beside for a brief season longer , by letting out in some degree the agriculture ; when , first , by a fall in the money - price of labour , and then by an increase of the population , he would soon find , in spite of all ...
... enlargement beside for a brief season longer , by letting out in some degree the agriculture ; when , first , by a fall in the money - price of labour , and then by an increase of the population , he would soon find , in spite of all ...
Page 317
... enlargement of the wealth of the landowners ; while to the population , if their standard of enjoy- ment be not raised , it would lead to no other en- largement than an enlargement of their numbers . We should have a more numerous , but ...
... enlargement of the wealth of the landowners ; while to the population , if their standard of enjoy- ment be not raised , it would lead to no other en- largement than an enlargement of their numbers . We should have a more numerous , but ...
Contents
Churches and Chapels or the Necessity and Proper Object | 81 |
The Cause of Church Extension and the Question shortly | 105 |
On the Evils which the Established Church in Edinburgh | 157 |
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