The Quarterly Review, Volume 36William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1827 - English literature |
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Page 408
... labour than could be ob tained in the old and more fertile district , in its over - peopled con- dition . Let it be assumed , that in this second district the labour of one man would raise 10 quarters of wheat upon five acres : this ...
... labour than could be ob tained in the old and more fertile district , in its over - peopled con- dition . Let it be assumed , that in this second district the labour of one man would raise 10 quarters of wheat upon five acres : this ...
Page 413
... labour . In the progress of civilization , the operation of other causes will augment the rent naturally and unavoidably accruing from the capital expended in improving the land and preparing it for the purposes of tillage . The ...
... labour . In the progress of civilization , the operation of other causes will augment the rent naturally and unavoidably accruing from the capital expended in improving the land and preparing it for the purposes of tillage . The ...
Page 417
... labour , can per- form much more work than two teams could have executed by the fits and starts of the old husbandry . The proprietor of 100 acres of land , cultivating his farm under the old system , was obliged , we wil ! suppose , to ...
... labour , can per- form much more work than two teams could have executed by the fits and starts of the old husbandry . The proprietor of 100 acres of land , cultivating his farm under the old system , was obliged , we wil ! suppose , to ...
Contents
No LXXI | 1 |
The Poetical Works of John Milton with Notes of | 29 |
Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone Founder of the United | 61 |
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