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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... resident , which induced him to serve the office of overseer for a third time . He had previously served the same office in the years 1794 and 1801 , both years wherein the price of provisions was very high . In the first instance it ...
... resident , which induced him to serve the office of overseer for a third time . He had previously served the same office in the years 1794 and 1801 , both years wherein the price of provisions was very high . In the first instance it ...
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... are rarely resident on their estates . The middle class is proportionably small , and ill educated . The 1 poor numerous , ignorant , most prolific , and most D 2 35 who are transferred from one master to another, ...
... are rarely resident on their estates . The middle class is proportionably small , and ill educated . The 1 poor numerous , ignorant , most prolific , and most D 2 35 who are transferred from one master to another, ...
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... resident population ; while in En- gland it is no more than eighteen per cent , as computed on the resident population of both countries ; —a small difference , and such as proba- bly would be expected had Poor Rates equally or at all ...
... resident population ; while in En- gland it is no more than eighteen per cent , as computed on the resident population of both countries ; —a small difference , and such as proba- bly would be expected had Poor Rates equally or at all ...
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... resident out of it . The allowance for those who , from various causes , are incompetent to expend the money granted them by the parish , should be expended for them by the master , or relief in provisions may be administered to the ...
... resident out of it . The allowance for those who , from various causes , are incompetent to expend the money granted them by the parish , should be expended for them by the master , or relief in provisions may be administered to the ...
Page 128
... resident in the parish of Speen , beyond the legal claims of the Poor Rates ; and in such distributions of the necessaries of life or provision of labour , as the several circum- stances rendered necessary , the discrimination with ...
... resident in the parish of Speen , beyond the legal claims of the Poor Rates ; and in such distributions of the necessaries of life or provision of labour , as the several circum- stances rendered necessary , the discrimination with ...
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