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" Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil. "
Principles of Political Economy - Page 174
by George Poulett Scrope - 1833 - 457 pages
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Elements of Logic: Comprising the Substance of the Article in the ...

Richard Whately - Logic - 1840 - 508 pages
...over that quantity of capital. — Principles, p. 36G. RICARDO. (Principles, #c.) 3rd Ed. 1 . Rent. That portion of the produce of the earth which is...landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.— p. 53. 2. Wages. The labourer's proportion of the produce. — Chap. v. 3. Profit....
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The Logic of Political Economy

Thomas De Quincey - Economics - 1844 - 286 pages
...neglected to qualify the without insisting upon this, what is the definition ? " Rent," says Ricardo, " is that portion of the produce of the earth which...landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil." Can this definition be sustained ? Certainly not. The word "indestructible" is...
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The Budget. On Commercial and Coloniae Policy With an Introduction in which ...

Robert Torrens - Corn laws (Great Britain). - 1844 - 600 pages
...and deserved celebrity. I agree with Mr. Ricardo (Principles of Political Economy, page 491), that ' rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is given to the landlord for the use of the soil ;' but I cannot agree with him when he says (page 571),...
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Political Economy, and the Philosophy of Government: A Series of Essays ...

Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde Sismondi - Economics - 1847 - 494 pages
...profits of the capital employed ; " and Mr. Bicardo, in his Principles of Political Economy, calls it, " that portion of the produce of the earth which is...landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil." — Tr. prise, as is usually done, hunters, fishermen, shepherds, and all those...
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Elements of logic

Richard Whately (abp. of Dublin.) - Logic - 1848 - 490 pages
...expenditure of a given quantity of capital, over that quantity of capital. — Principles, p. 366. earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil. — p. 53. 2. Wages. The labourer's proportion of the produce. — Chap. v. 3....
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The Standard Library Cyclopedia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical ...

Political science - 1849 - 506 pages
...of Fearne, on Contingent Jlemaiiuitrt and Executory Devitei. KENT is defined by Mr. Ricardo to be " that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the indestructible powers of the soil. It is often, however (he remarks), coufounded with the interest...
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A Manual of Political Economy

Erasmus Peshine Smith - Economics - 1853 - 284 pages
...compensation for the use of capital that is incorporated with land. Mr. Ricardo's definition is, " Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which...landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil;" and he seeks to discriminate it from that portion " paid for the use of the capital...
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Free Trade and the League: A Biographic History of the Pioneers of Freedom ...

Alexander Somerville - Free trade - 1853 - 676 pages
...qualities, where they first settle, before going farther into the wilderness to reclaim. Mr Ricardo says, " Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the indestructible powers of the soil," and not for the buildings, he proceeds to say, nor the drainage,...
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The Standard Library Cyclopaedia of Political, Constitutional ..., Volume 4

Economics - 1853 - 498 pages
...treatise of Fearne, on Contingent Remainders and Executory Devises. KENT is denned by Mr. Ricardo to be " that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the indestructible powers of the soil. It is often, however (he remarks), confounded with the interest...
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The Elements of Political Economy

Henry Dunning Macleod - Economics - 1858 - 636 pages
...conier-stoue of Political Economy, witli what justice we shall see. 14. Ricardo begins by denning rent to be that portion of the produce of the earth which is...landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil* The Romans held it to be an evil omen to stumble on the threshold. Any one who...
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