The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volumen34A. Constable, 1820 |
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... poor- laws ; they are the result of a humane but mistaken policy , grown into an intolerable abuse . Yet we must be permitted to observe , that there have been laws for the compulsory relief of the poor in all countries ; and we find ...
... poor- laws ; they are the result of a humane but mistaken policy , grown into an intolerable abuse . Yet we must be permitted to observe , that there have been laws for the compulsory relief of the poor in all countries ; and we find ...
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... poor and the oppressed of other countries . Foreigners are apt to be misled by what they read in our news- papers , or hear from our own travellers . Complaints against the Government , and dismal forebodings about the loss of liber- ty ...
... poor and the oppressed of other countries . Foreigners are apt to be misled by what they read in our news- papers , or hear from our own travellers . Complaints against the Government , and dismal forebodings about the loss of liber- ty ...
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... poor with work , and the rich with a- musement affording advice and protection to all in inferior condition - liberal in their private transactions with their neigh- bours - able and willing to defend the rights of the people on all ...
... poor with work , and the rich with a- musement affording advice and protection to all in inferior condition - liberal in their private transactions with their neigh- bours - able and willing to defend the rights of the people on all ...
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... Poor - laws , published , in 1801 , An Essay on the Influence of Tithes on Agriculture , ' in which we meet with the following distinct recognition of this principle . Tithes , as legally and constitutionally settled in this kingdom ...
... Poor - laws , published , in 1801 , An Essay on the Influence of Tithes on Agriculture , ' in which we meet with the following distinct recognition of this principle . Tithes , as legally and constitutionally settled in this kingdom ...
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... poor , are equally taxed for the support of the Church . But the reverse of all this has place in Ireland . There , the pro- vision for a Protestant establishment is chiefly drawn from Ca- tholics ; and while the potatoe garden of the poor ...
... poor , are equally taxed for the support of the Church . But the reverse of all this has place in Ireland . There , the pro- vision for a Protestant establishment is chiefly drawn from Ca- tholics ; and while the potatoe garden of the poor ...
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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...