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Page 238
... natural population . Suppose that the excrescent should amount to a thirtieth part of the whole , we would estimate the matter wrong , by conceiving that a thirtieth part had been added thereby to the whole previous wealth and ability ...
... natural population . Suppose that the excrescent should amount to a thirtieth part of the whole , we would estimate the matter wrong , by conceiving that a thirtieth part had been added thereby to the whole previous wealth and ability ...
Page 242
... natural popula- tion ; and , by means of a direct tax upon landlords , could obtain a command over the services of the whole ten thousand . An excrescent population indicates but half the wealth of an equal portion of the natural ...
... natural popula- tion ; and , by means of a direct tax upon landlords , could obtain a command over the services of the whole ten thousand . An excrescent population indicates but half the wealth of an equal portion of the natural ...
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... natural ascendancy ; and we think it wholesome and befitting , that they should have the political ascendancy also . We hold it the most exceptionable feature in the modern scheme of re- presentation , as being a violation of the ...
... natural ascendancy ; and we think it wholesome and befitting , that they should have the political ascendancy also . We hold it the most exceptionable feature in the modern scheme of re- presentation , as being a violation of the ...
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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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