The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 18-19W. Collins, 1836 |
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... soil of first - rate quality , richly par- took in the bounties of nature . But when all this soil came to be occupied , and the race continued to multiply , land of a second quality behoved to be taken in — and the conception is , that ...
... soil of first - rate quality , richly par- took in the bounties of nature . But when all this soil came to be occupied , and the race continued to multiply , land of a second quality behoved to be taken in — and the conception is , that ...
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... soil , because now , for the same work , they earn the same recompense as they did on the soil immediately above it . It is thus a possible thing , that cultivation may be extended , without deterioration to the comfort of labourers ...
... soil , because now , for the same work , they earn the same recompense as they did on the soil immediately above it . It is thus a possible thing , that cultivation may be extended , without deterioration to the comfort of labourers ...
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... soils . Hitherto we have only been attending to the limit of cultivation , where , at the soils last entered upon ... soil that yields no rent . It goes in the shape of revenue to the land- lord ; who either receives it in kind , or ...
... soils . Hitherto we have only been attending to the limit of cultivation , where , at the soils last entered upon ... soil that yields no rent . It goes in the shape of revenue to the land- lord ; who either receives it in kind , or ...
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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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