The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen34A. Constable, 1820 |
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... effect . They then appear to occasion rather a diminution of the rent of the landlord , than a rise of prices . Farms which are tithe - free always bring a proportionably higher rent than such as are subject to that charge ; and it is ...
... effect . They then appear to occasion rather a diminution of the rent of the landlord , than a rise of prices . Farms which are tithe - free always bring a proportionably higher rent than such as are subject to that charge ; and it is ...
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... effect of tithes or taxes on raw produce , we shall briefly recapitulate the reasoning by which it has been established , and endeavour to obviate one or two ob- jections which have been stated against it . On the first settling of any ...
... effect of tithes or taxes on raw produce , we shall briefly recapitulate the reasoning by which it has been established , and endeavour to obviate one or two ob- jections which have been stated against it . On the first settling of any ...
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... effect of tithes and other taxes on raw produce . If tithes were only levied from soils of a certain degree of fertility , they would not , after soils whose productive power was one - tenth less had been cultivated , occasion any rise ...
... effect of tithes and other taxes on raw produce . If tithes were only levied from soils of a certain degree of fertility , they would not , after soils whose productive power was one - tenth less had been cultivated , occasion any rise ...
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... effect by lowering the rate of profit , and stimulating the transfer of capital to countries relieved from so heavy a burden . The average price of corn in Great Britain during the last four or five years , has been very near 80s . the ...
... effect by lowering the rate of profit , and stimulating the transfer of capital to countries relieved from so heavy a burden . The average price of corn in Great Britain during the last four or five years , has been very near 80s . the ...
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... effect would be the same . The Church would be constantly obtaining an increased portion of the net pro- duce of the land and labour of the country . In an improving state of society , the net produce of the land is always diminishing ...
... effect would be the same . The Church would be constantly obtaining an increased portion of the net pro- duce of the land and labour of the country . In an improving state of society , the net produce of the land is always diminishing ...
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Página 200 - O for a beaker full of the warm South, Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, And purple-stained mouth; That I might drink, and leave the world unseen, And with thee fade away into the forest dim...
Página 152 - He now hurried forth, and hastened to his old resort, the village inn. But it, too, was gone. A large, rickety wooden building stood in its place, with great gaping windows, some of them broken and mended with old hats and petticoats, and over the door was painted, "The Union Hotel, by Jonathan Doolittle.
Página 149 - For a long while he used to console himself, when driven from home, by frequenting a kind of perpetual club of the sages, philosophers, and other idle personages of the village which held its sessions on a bench before a small inn, designated by a rubicund portrait of His Majesty George the Third.
Página 150 - Rip Van Winkle ! Rip Van Winkle!" At the same time, Wolf bristled up his back, and giving a low growl, skulked to his master's side, looking fearfully down into the glen. Rip now felt a vague apprehension stealing over him. He looked anxiously in the same direction and perceived a strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks, and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back. He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place ; but supposing it to be some one...
Página 154 - ... dreading the tyranny of Dame Van Winkle. Whenever her name was mentioned, however, he shook his head, shrugged his shoulders, and cast up his eyes ; which might pass either for an expression of resignation to his fate or joy at his deliverance. He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle's hotel.
Página 200 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down ; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown : Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn...
Página 154 - Ah, poor man, Rip Van Winkle was his name, but it's twenty years since he went away from home with his gun, and never has been heard of since,— his dog came home without him; but whether he shot himself, or was carried away by the Indians, nobody can tell. I was then but a little girl.
Página 148 - Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country.
Página 151 - ... round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared at him with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence...
Página 150 - On a level spot in the centre was a company of odd-looking personages playing at nine-pins. They were dressed in a quaint outlandish fashion : some wore short doublets, others jerkins, with long...