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... present , to find a fat bullock or wether , than it would be if half of them were fairly knocked on the head : for I am assured , that the district in the several markets , called carrion row , is as reasonable as the poor can desire ...
... present , to find a fat bullock or wether , than it would be if half of them were fairly knocked on the head : for I am assured , that the district in the several markets , called carrion row , is as reasonable as the poor can desire ...
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... present condition ; or else you would know and allow , that such a sum is not to be raised here , without a general excise ; since in proportion to our wealth , we pay already in taxes more than England ever did , in the height of war ...
... present condition ; or else you would know and allow , that such a sum is not to be raised here , without a general excise ; since in proportion to our wealth , we pay already in taxes more than England ever did , in the height of war ...
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... present before me the idea of some persons ( I know not in what part of the world ) who spend every moment of their lives , and every turn of their thoughts while they are awake ( and probably of their dreams while they sleep ) in the ...
... present before me the idea of some persons ( I know not in what part of the world ) who spend every moment of their lives , and every turn of their thoughts while they are awake ( and probably of their dreams while they sleep ) in the ...
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... present condition of this kingdom . First , it is affirmed by wise men , that the dearness of things necessary for life , in a fruitful country , is a certain sign of wealth , and great commerce ; for , when such necessaries are dear ...
... present condition of this kingdom . First , it is affirmed by wise men , that the dearness of things necessary for life , in a fruitful country , is a certain sign of wealth , and great commerce ; for , when such necessaries are dear ...
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... present exorbitance ; when the frog overswelling himself , burst at last . With the price of land , of necessity rose that of corn and cattle , and all other commodities that far- mers deal in : hence likewise , obviously , the rates of ...
... present exorbitance ; when the frog overswelling himself , burst at last . With the price of land , of necessity rose that of corn and cattle , and all other commodities that far- mers deal in : hence likewise , obviously , the rates of ...
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Page 42 - ... which the mother may certainly get, or the value in scraps, by her lawful occupation of begging; and it is exactly at one year old that I propose to provide for them in such a manner as, instead of being a charge upon their parents or the parish, or wanting food and raiment for the rest of their lives, they shall on the contrary contribute to the feeding, and partly to the clothing, of many thousands.
Page 42 - But my intention is very far from being confined to provide only for the children of professed beggars; it is of a much greater extent, and shall take in the whole number of infants at a certain age who are born of parents in effect as little able to support them as those who demand our charity in the streets.
Page 47 - But I am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold, and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected.
Page 52 - Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand ; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive : for the heart of this people is •waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed ; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 45 - I have already computed the charge of nursing a beggar's child (in which list I reckon all cottagers, labourers, and four-fifths of the farmers) to be about two shillings per annum, rags included, and I believe no gentleman would repine to give ten shillings for the carcass of a good fat child...
Page 47 - Secondly, the poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to distress, and help to pay their landlord's rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown.
Page 42 - I subtract thirty thousand couples who are able to maintain their own children, although I apprehend there cannot be so many under the present distresses of the kingdom, but this being granted, there will remain an hundred and seventy thousand breeders. I again subtract fifty thousand for those women who miscarry, or whose children die by accident or disease within the year.
Page 45 - But with due deference to so excellent a friend, and so deserving a patriot, I cannot be altogether in his sentiments; for as to the males, my American acquaintance assured me from frequent experience, that their flesh was generally tough and lean, like that of our schoolboys, by continual exercise, and their taste disagreeable, and to fatten them would not answer the charge.
Page 45 - Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flay the carcass; the skin of which artificially dressed will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen.
Page 124 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.