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Such is the outline of a life , which in Mrs. Thomson's hands , is a mine of interest : from the first page to the last the attention is roused and sustained ; and while we approve the manner , we still more applaud the spirit in which ...
Such is the outline of a life , which in Mrs. Thomson's hands , is a mine of interest : from the first page to the last the attention is roused and sustained ; and while we approve the manner , we still more applaud the spirit in which ...
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As the subject of her present undertaking is , at least , in interest equal to those which have preceded it , and her method of treating it as pleasing and popular , we can have little doubt that it will meet with corresponding success ...
As the subject of her present undertaking is , at least , in interest equal to those which have preceded it , and her method of treating it as pleasing and popular , we can have little doubt that it will meet with corresponding success ...
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... with loss and distress in its train : - And that the interests of the landlords which require such an increase , are , therefore , always and necessarily opposed to the interests of the state , and of every other class of society .
... with loss and distress in its train : - And that the interests of the landlords which require such an increase , are , therefore , always and necessarily opposed to the interests of the state , and of every other class of society .
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... the unceasing opposition of conflicting interests , as exhibited in the later theories of political economy : - there exist essential differences and contradictions which must strike even a superficial observer , who thinks it worth ...
... the unceasing opposition of conflicting interests , as exhibited in the later theories of political economy : - there exist essential differences and contradictions which must strike even a superficial observer , who thinks it worth ...
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Even by the present imperfect effort , enough at least of knowledge has been so obtained , to demonstrate the error of those gloomy notions of a perpetual discord between rival interests in society , and of an inevitable tendency to ...
Even by the present imperfect effort , enough at least of knowledge has been so obtained , to demonstrate the error of those gloomy notions of a perpetual discord between rival interests in society , and of an inevitable tendency to ...
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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.