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... the poor's decay ; ' Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land . " ARTHUR HALL AND CO . , 25 , PATERNOSTER - ROW . CONSIDERED IN ITS RELATIONS WITH THE PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION .
... the poor's decay ; ' Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land . " ARTHUR HALL AND CO . , 25 , PATERNOSTER - ROW . CONSIDERED IN ITS RELATIONS WITH THE PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION .
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... land . The man of wealth and pride Takes up the space that many poor supplied ; Space for his lake , his park's extended bounds , Space for his horses , equipage , and hounds ; His seat , where solitary sports are seen , Indignant ...
... land . The man of wealth and pride Takes up the space that many poor supplied ; Space for his lake , his park's extended bounds , Space for his horses , equipage , and hounds ; His seat , where solitary sports are seen , Indignant ...
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... , if it prospers under laws favour- able to the protection of property and persons , to the free use of capital , of lands , and of individual enterprise , it declines under unjust and restrictive laws , which tend to viii INTRODUCTION .
... , if it prospers under laws favour- able to the protection of property and persons , to the free use of capital , of lands , and of individual enterprise , it declines under unjust and restrictive laws , which tend to viii INTRODUCTION .
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... lands of the nobility and those of the inferior orders . But they wished to base the monarchy upon a nobility ; and the ... land - tax , unless the father should by a testa- ment order an equal division of it . It was wished to make ...
... lands of the nobility and those of the inferior orders . But they wished to base the monarchy upon a nobility ; and the ... land - tax , unless the father should by a testa- ment order an equal division of it . It was wished to make ...
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... conspires to transform into an hereditary right the superiority which the small number owed to its purely personal qualities . At this period , the land is only a vast arena , whose possession is fiercely B 2 ON ARISTOCRACY . 3.
... conspires to transform into an hereditary right the superiority which the small number owed to its purely personal qualities . At this period , the land is only a vast arena , whose possession is fiercely B 2 ON ARISTOCRACY . 3.
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