An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation. By the Rev. Richard Jones ..., Volume 1 |
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Page xi
... dependent , like the decreasing fertility of the soil , on an unchangeable law of nature , was pressing them unceasingly towards either misery or guilt . They were endowed , as a part of their phy- sical constitution , with a power and ...
... dependent , like the decreasing fertility of the soil , on an unchangeable law of nature , was pressing them unceasingly towards either misery or guilt . They were endowed , as a part of their phy- sical constitution , with a power and ...
Page xxxii
... dependent on , the prosperous career of their tenantry , and of the com- munity to which they belong . Next , that fall of the rate of profits which is so common a pheno menon as to be almost a constant attendant on increasing ...
... dependent on , the prosperous career of their tenantry , and of the com- munity to which they belong . Next , that fall of the rate of profits which is so common a pheno menon as to be almost a constant attendant on increasing ...
Page xxxvii
... dependent on them . The providence which implanted in the heart of man his feelings as to right and wrong , will never be found to act so inconsistently with its own purposes ; as to make pollution and crime means for attaining , or ...
... dependent on them . The providence which implanted in the heart of man his feelings as to right and wrong , will never be found to act so inconsistently with its own purposes ; as to make pollution and crime means for attaining , or ...
Page xliii
... dependent of vice - favorable on the whole to virtue - Illusive nature of the gloom which has overspread the whole subject , p . xxxiii . Practical principles remain to be established on the basis of experience — some so established ...
... dependent of vice - favorable on the whole to virtue - Illusive nature of the gloom which has overspread the whole subject , p . xxxiii . Practical principles remain to be established on the basis of experience — some so established ...
Page xlvi
... dependent on the possibility of paying money rent - only to be observed on a considerable scale in Ireland - Disad- vantages when compared with other classes of peasant rents - Want of external restraints on a too rapid increase of ...
... dependent on the possibility of paying money rent - only to be observed on a considerable scale in Ireland - Disad- vantages when compared with other classes of peasant rents - Want of external restraints on a too rapid increase of ...
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