Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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Page 117
... serf having permission , in return for his labour , to maintain himself and his family , by tilling certain portions of land allotted to him for the purpose . Usage has by degrees established for the serfs something like rights , which ...
... serf having permission , in return for his labour , to maintain himself and his family , by tilling certain portions of land allotted to him for the purpose . Usage has by degrees established for the serfs something like rights , which ...
Page 118
... serfs . And the necessary absence under such a system of all improved implements or processes of husbandry , augments the comparative inefficiency of serf- labour . Indolence and carelessness are the habi- tual characteristics of a ...
... serfs . And the necessary absence under such a system of all improved implements or processes of husbandry , augments the comparative inefficiency of serf- labour . Indolence and carelessness are the habi- tual characteristics of a ...
Page 119
... serf countries , and have given rise to the numerous attempts now going on to substitute payments of produce , or money , in lieu of labour , as the rent of land , that is , the con- ditions upon which the owner allows the cultivator to ...
... serf countries , and have given rise to the numerous attempts now going on to substitute payments of produce , or money , in lieu of labour , as the rent of land , that is , the con- ditions upon which the owner allows the cultivator to ...
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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON the Coincidence of | 1 |
Primary Natural Rights1 To Personal | 13 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
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