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8vo . with many Wood Engravings , 108. 6d . Also , a Fourth Edition of Vol . 1 : ( 215. ) amoug the Additions to which is a complete Ex . position of the Nature and easy Cure of the Defect of Speech called Stuttering . 32 .
8vo . with many Wood Engravings , 108. 6d . Also , a Fourth Edition of Vol . 1 : ( 215. ) amoug the Additions to which is a complete Ex . position of the Nature and easy Cure of the Defect of Speech called Stuttering . 32 .
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LEONORA , or the Presentation at Court ; being the first of a Series of Narratives called Young Ladies ' Tales . By Mrs. Lachlan , late Miss APPLETON , Author of “ Private Education , " “ The Poor Girl's Help , ” & c . & c .
LEONORA , or the Presentation at Court ; being the first of a Series of Narratives called Young Ladies ' Tales . By Mrs. Lachlan , late Miss APPLETON , Author of “ Private Education , " “ The Poor Girl's Help , ” & c . & c .
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strated to exist in the very constitution of man , and of the earth which he inhabits ; and which , according to this school of writers , are necessarily called into a state of increasing action as the world becomes peopled and nations ...
strated to exist in the very constitution of man , and of the earth which he inhabits ; and which , according to this school of writers , are necessarily called into a state of increasing action as the world becomes peopled and nations ...
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I have begun by analysing rents , because a small progress in this subject was sufficient to shew , that the greater part of the nations of the earth are still in that state which is properly called agricultural ; that is , in which the ...
I have begun by analysing rents , because a small progress in this subject was sufficient to shew , that the greater part of the nations of the earth are still in that state which is properly called agricultural ; that is , in which the ...
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... most appropriately called capital , is only one and the least . In approaching the subject of the numbers of those who are to share these funds , the whole subject of population presents itself , and the task cannot xxvi PREFACE .
... most appropriately called capital , is only one and the least . In approaching the subject of the numbers of those who are to share these funds , the whole subject of population presents itself , and the task cannot xxvi PREFACE .
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Page 210 - ... no demand for any additional quantity of corn ; the capital and labour employed on No. 3 will be devoted to the production of other commodities desirable to the community, and can have no effect in raising rent, unless the raw material from which they are made cannot be obtained without employing capital less advantageously on the land, in which case No. 3 must again be cultivated.