 ... all comparison more dreadful, When the common people of a country live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity; and barley, oats, rice, cheap soups, and potatoes, all present themselves...  The Progress of Society - Page 348by Robert Hamilton - 1830 - 411 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 566 pages
...common people of a country live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do ia England on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity ; and barley,...nourishment ; but when their habitual food is the lowest in this scale, they appear to be absolutely without resource, except in the bark of trees, like the poor... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Malthusianism - 1809 - 570 pages
...common people of a country live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity ; and barley,...nourishment ; but when their habitual food is the lowest in this scale, they appear to be absolutely without resource, except in the bark of trees, like the poor... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Birth control - 1817 - 516 pages
...common people of a country live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity ; and barley,...nourishment ; but when their habitual food is the • Travels in France, vol. ic xvii. p. 40Q. lowest lowest in this scale, they appear to be absolutely... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Malthusianism - 1826 - 542 pages
...common people of a country live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity ; and barley,...expensive, yet at the same time wholesome means of nourish* Travels in France, vol. ic xvii. p. 409. Ch. xi. Condition of the Poor considered. 389 ment... | |
 | Robert Hamilton - Economics - 1830 - 444 pages
...scarcity ; and barley, oats, cheap soups, and especially potatoes, present themselves as less expensive means of nourishment; but when their habitual food is the lowest in the scale, they are absolutely without resource. We have thus attempted to give a concise view of the doctrines advanced... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus, George Thomas Bettany - Population - 1890 - 714 pages
...common people of a country live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity ; and barley, oats, rice, cheap soup* and potatoes, all present themselves as less expensive, yet at the same time wholesome means... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Population - 1894 - 166 pages
...common people of a country live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity; and barley,...nourishment ; but when their habitual food is the lowest in this scale, they appear to be absolutely without resources, except in the bark of trees, like the poor... | |
 | Charles Creighton - Epidemics - 1894 - 906 pages
...live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in scarcity ; and barley, oats, rice, cheap soups and...nourishment ; but when their habitual food is the lowest in this scale, they appear to be absolutely without resource, except in the bark of trees, like the poor... | |
 | Charles Creighton - Epidemics - 1894 - 908 pages
...live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in scarcity; and barley, oats, rice, cheap soups and...nourishment ; but when their habitual food is the lowest in this scale, they appear to be absolutely without resource, except in the bark of trees, like the poor... | |
 | Benjamin Taylor - Folklore - 1900 - 232 pages
...of a country,' he says, ' live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity, and barley,...nourishment ; but when their habitual food is the lowest in this scale, they appear to be absolutely without resource, except in the bark of trees — like the... | |
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