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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... adopt them by an Act of the Legislature and a short notice from the pulpit ; and thus by a sort of magic elevate the poor and ignorant at once to a level with the rich and wise . The view of the writer is to act on the common principles ...
... adopt them by an Act of the Legislature and a short notice from the pulpit ; and thus by a sort of magic elevate the poor and ignorant at once to a level with the rich and wise . The view of the writer is to act on the common principles ...
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... adopted to keep down increasing popu- lation * ; and this custom , barbarous and revolting as it is to the feelings of humanity , was of very great antiquity , and even from necessity sanctified by the precepts of superstition , which ...
... adopted to keep down increasing popu- lation * ; and this custom , barbarous and revolting as it is to the feelings of humanity , was of very great antiquity , and even from necessity sanctified by the precepts of superstition , which ...
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... adopted two opposite opinions on the meaning of the words " ver sacrum . " They were , as not unfrequently happens , both wrong and both right . One custom was , as we see above , commuted for another , and the last re- * There were ...
... adopted two opposite opinions on the meaning of the words " ver sacrum . " They were , as not unfrequently happens , both wrong and both right . One custom was , as we see above , commuted for another , and the last re- * There were ...
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... adopt the plan of the Tribune Rullus , and sell the colonized lands in the most fertile part of Italy , to settle new colonies in and out of Italy , the Senate , who were always fearful of the in- crease of an useless population , and ...
... adopt the plan of the Tribune Rullus , and sell the colonized lands in the most fertile part of Italy , to settle new colonies in and out of Italy , the Senate , who were always fearful of the in- crease of an useless population , and ...
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... adopted ; and further , by the imposition of oaths which their consci- ence would not permit them to take , they lost the services of that most excellent order of men , - * Dupin , Histoire de l'Administration de Secours Public . the ...
... adopted ; and further , by the imposition of oaths which their consci- ence would not permit them to take , they lost the services of that most excellent order of men , - * Dupin , Histoire de l'Administration de Secours Public . the ...
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