Civilization: Or, A Brief Analysis of the Natural Laws that Regulate the Numbers and Condition of MankingSaunders and Otley, 1836 - 216 strán (strany) |
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... depend upon the respective ages of the parents , and that the effect of the proportion of the sexes of the children , following this law , is to render equal the number of the sexes at the average period of marriage . For instance , if ...
... depend upon the respective ages of the parents , and that the effect of the proportion of the sexes of the children , following this law , is to render equal the number of the sexes at the average period of marriage . For instance , if ...
Strana 13
... depend upon what those wages will procure for him . The comparative condition of two labourers will be as their wages . These are usually calculated in money , which , as a measure of value , answers well enough for common purposes ...
... depend upon what those wages will procure for him . The comparative condition of two labourers will be as their wages . These are usually calculated in money , which , as a measure of value , answers well enough for common purposes ...
Strana 22
... depends upon the command that a man has over food , and the absolute necessaries of life ; while his comfortable condi- tion depends upon the command he has over articles of comfort not absolutely necessary to existence . But though the ...
... depends upon the command that a man has over food , and the absolute necessaries of life ; while his comfortable condi- tion depends upon the command he has over articles of comfort not absolutely necessary to existence . But though the ...
Strana 34
... depends more upon the season than upon the farmer . An alteration in the system of agriculture may certainly enable corn and cattle to be raised in greater abundance ; but improvements in agri- culture are not so frequent , or to such ...
... depends more upon the season than upon the farmer . An alteration in the system of agriculture may certainly enable corn and cattle to be raised in greater abundance ; but improvements in agri- culture are not so frequent , or to such ...
Strana 41
... depends upon their in- dividual talents , their experience , or the trust reposed in them . In the more delicate processes of some manu- factures , a single aukwardness will entirely spoil an article upon which much labour has been ...
... depends upon their in- dividual talents , their experience , or the trust reposed in them . In the more delicate processes of some manu- factures , a single aukwardness will entirely spoil an article upon which much labour has been ...
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Strana 205 - How absolute the knave is ! we must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us. By the Lord, Horatio, these three years I have taken note of it ; the age is grown so picked that the toe of the peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his kibe. — How long hast thou been a grave-maker? 1 Clo. Of all the days i' the year, I came to't that day that our last King Hamlet o'ercame Fortinbras.
Strana 147 - Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalled play ; For some must watch, while some must sleep : Thus runs the world away.
Strana 84 - If a landlord, or a capitalist, expends his revenue in the manner of an ancient baron, in the support of a great number of retainers, or menial servants, he will give employment to much more labour, than if he expended it on fine clothes, or costly furniture ; on carriages, on horses, or in the purchase of any other luxuries.
Strana 43 - In watchmaking, as Mr. Babbage observes, "it was stated in evidence before a Committee of the House of Commons, that there are a hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be put apprentice; and that he only learns his master's department, and is unable, after his apprenticeship has expired, without subsequent instruction, to work at any other branch. The watch-finisher, whose business...
Strana 85 - I could so employ with my revenue of £10,000, or with the food and clothing which it would purchase, would be to be added to the former demand for labourers, and this addition would take place only because I chose this mode of expending my revenue.
Strana 208 - The morasses have been drained ; and, in proportion as the soil has been cultivated, the air has become more temperate. Canada, at this day, is an exact picture of ancient Germany. Although situated in the same parallel with the finest provinces of France and England, that country experiences the most rigorous cold. The reindeer are very numerous, the ground is covered with deep and lasting snow, and the great river...
Strana 40 - ... that the accommodation of an European prince does not always so much exceed that of an industrious and frugal peasant, as the accommodation of the latter exceeds 40 that of many an African king, the absolute master of the lives and liberties of ten thousand naked savages.
Strana 68 - ... workmen, which may render that contract a loss instead of a benefit; besides taking precautions to prevent them from becoming acquainted with it, he must also add to the price at which he could otherwise sell the article, some small increase to cover the risk of such an occurrence. If an establishment consist of several branches which can only be carried on jointly, as, for instance, of iron mines, blast furnaces, and a colliery, in which there are distinct classes of workmen, it becomes necessary...
Strana 188 - ... the night. No inquiries are made ; but the bodies are carried to a common pit without the city walls, into which all those that are living, as well as those that are dead, are said to be thrown promiscuously.