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 104
... waste land in a new and little occupied country , would lead to its enactment even under the most unnatural and barbarous tyranny . * But every society must have a government of some sort for its protection from domestic anarchy and ...
... waste land in a new and little occupied country , would lead to its enactment even under the most unnatural and barbarous tyranny . * But every society must have a government of some sort for its protection from domestic anarchy and ...
Page 347
... waste land in which various parties are interested , is ano- ther serious obstacle in the way of the improve- ment of land in this country , and the increase of its productiveness . The cost of an enclosure act , and the accompanying ...
... waste land in which various parties are interested , is ano- ther serious obstacle in the way of the improve- ment of land in this country , and the increase of its productiveness . The cost of an enclosure act , and the accompanying ...
Page 351
... waste land are met with , pro- ducing next to nothing - while in their immediate contiguity are hordes of poor and wretched objects supported in idleness by the charity of their neigh- bours , who are themselves scarcely in better ...
... waste land are met with , pro- ducing next to nothing - while in their immediate contiguity are hordes of poor and wretched objects supported in idleness by the charity of their neigh- bours , who are themselves scarcely in better ...
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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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