The Principle of the English Poor Laws: Illustrated and Defended, by an Historical View of Indigence in Civil Society ... to which are Added Observations on the State of the Indigent Poor in Ireland, and the Existing Institutions for Their Relief |
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A SHORT and FAMILIAR EXPLANATION of the Order and Contents of the HOLY BIBLE , and various matters connected with it : designed to assist the Young and the Unlearned in understanding the System and Objects of the Holy Scriptures .
A SHORT and FAMILIAR EXPLANATION of the Order and Contents of the HOLY BIBLE , and various matters connected with it : designed to assist the Young and the Unlearned in understanding the System and Objects of the Holy Scriptures .
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... they had been consecrated , appeared generally to assist them , and to prosper the colonies beyond human expectation . Some of the Aborigines , then , acted at that time according to this custom , because their land superabounded in ...
... they had been consecrated , appeared generally to assist them , and to prosper the colonies beyond human expectation . Some of the Aborigines , then , acted at that time according to this custom , because their land superabounded in ...
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As emigration did not assist in the alleviation of this great revolution , as it has since done with respect to the Highlands , there can be no doubt but it produced much wretchedness , and for which the readiest remedy seems to be ...
As emigration did not assist in the alleviation of this great revolution , as it has since done with respect to the Highlands , there can be no doubt but it produced much wretchedness , and for which the readiest remedy seems to be ...
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... such as must always continue to be found , are divided into , old persons , the maimed , the sick , and children who are helpless . For all these who have no friends or relations able to assist them , civil society must ...
... such as must always continue to be found , are divided into , old persons , the maimed , the sick , and children who are helpless . For all these who have no friends or relations able to assist them , civil society must ...
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... Puffendorf , doubted the justness of the conclusion as to the implied original condition , and therefore adopted a refinement of another nature to reconcile the two opposite interests . " To assist the indigent in ordinary cases ...
... Puffendorf , doubted the justness of the conclusion as to the implied original condition , and therefore adopted a refinement of another nature to reconcile the two opposite interests . " To assist the indigent in ordinary cases ...
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| Title | The Principle of the English Poor Laws: Illustrated and Defended, by an Historical View of Indigence in Civil Society ... to which are Added Observations on the State of the Indigent Poor in Ireland, and the Existing Institutions for Their Relief |
| Author | F. C. Page |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Longman, 1830 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 25 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 202 pages |
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