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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... extent that may be effected by the im- proved process enabling a greater amount of goods to be produced by the same capital , and thus increasing the sup- ply in the market . an improvement in manufactures may be dis- tributed in any 28.
... extent that may be effected by the im- proved process enabling a greater amount of goods to be produced by the same capital , and thus increasing the sup- ply in the market . an improvement in manufactures may be dis- tributed in any 28.
Strana 34
... extent , as those that take place in manufactures . The chief operations in agriculture are performed by nature : -Wheat rises from the seed to the full ear by the agency of nature alone . All that art can assist it in , is , by giving ...
... extent , as those that take place in manufactures . The chief operations in agriculture are performed by nature : -Wheat rises from the seed to the full ear by the agency of nature alone . All that art can assist it in , is , by giving ...
Strana 85
... extent of land , will maintain more day labourers living upon potatoes , than it will master - coachmakers living upon meat and poultry . Thus , whether all these labourers derive their subsistence immediately from the consumer of the ...
... extent of land , will maintain more day labourers living upon potatoes , than it will master - coachmakers living upon meat and poultry . Thus , whether all these labourers derive their subsistence immediately from the consumer of the ...
Strana 92
... extent of farm now desirable is no longer limited by what is sufficient to raise food for the support of the agriculturist's family , but by the labour that he is able and willing to bestow . For whatever surplus he can now raise ...
... extent of farm now desirable is no longer limited by what is sufficient to raise food for the support of the agriculturist's family , but by the labour that he is able and willing to bestow . For whatever surplus he can now raise ...
Strana 94
... extent of farm most advantageous to the cultivator and to the community will be just as much as the labour of one man or one family is able to turn to account . A change , however , takes place as soon as a little capital has ...
... extent of farm most advantageous to the cultivator and to the community will be just as much as the labour of one man or one family is able to turn to account . A change , however , takes place as soon as a little capital has ...
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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.