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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... received with great and merited favor . As the subject of her present undertaking is , at least , in interest equal to those which have pre- ceded it , and her method of treating it as pleasing and popular , we can have little doubt ...
... received with great and merited favor . As the subject of her present undertaking is , at least , in interest equal to those which have pre- ceded it , and her method of treating it as pleasing and popular , we can have little doubt ...
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... his mind , from the information he had collected or received , was , that a better form of provision for the poor than that mi- nute division and sub - tenancy of land which the non - repeal of the Catholic disabilities prevented the iv.
... his mind , from the information he had collected or received , was , that a better form of provision for the poor than that mi- nute division and sub - tenancy of land which the non - repeal of the Catholic disabilities prevented the iv.
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... received only a bare subsistence , so long as their health ren- dered them capable of labour they were a valu- able property , and transferable as such ; and although the Jewish law , the earliest which we have any knowledge of ...
... received only a bare subsistence , so long as their health ren- dered them capable of labour they were a valu- able property , and transferable as such ; and although the Jewish law , the earliest which we have any knowledge of ...
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... receiving relief are divided into classes , according to their several wants , and relieved as much as possible in kind , and labour provided for those out of employment . The funds are derived from quétes , and collections in and out ...
... receiving relief are divided into classes , according to their several wants , and relieved as much as possible in kind , and labour provided for those out of employment . The funds are derived from quétes , and collections in and out ...
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... receiving relief to the total population of the kingdom , was as 117 to 1000 . Referring again to Italy , it is most probable that the importation of slaves for the culture of the soil ceased very soon after the decline of the Empire ...
... receiving relief to the total population of the kingdom , was as 117 to 1000 . Referring again to Italy , it is most probable that the importation of slaves for the culture of the soil ceased very soon after the decline of the Empire ...
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