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" It is not uncommon, I have been frequently told, in the Highlands of Scotland for a mother who has borne twenty children not to have two alive. "
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge - Page 222
by Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1806
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 1

Adam Smith - Economics - 1789 - 526 pages
...unfavourable to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced, but in fo cold a foil, and fo fevere a climate, foon withers and dies. It is not uncommon,...told, in the Highlands of Scotland for a mother who has borne twenty children not to have two alive. Several officers of great experience have allured...
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Observations on the Nature and Cure of Calculus, Sea Scurvy, Consumption ...

Thomas Beddoes - Calculi - 1793 - 308 pages
...to the * rearing of children. The tender plant is * produced, but in fo cold a foil and fo fe' vere a climate, foon withers and dies. It * is not uncommon,...told, in the Highlands of Scotland, FOR * A MOTHER WHO HAS BORNE TWENTY ' CHILDREN NOT TW HAVE TWO ALIVE*.' In England the children of the poor are fwept...
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An Inqury Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 1

Adam Smith - Economics - 1801 - 524 pages
...unfavourable to the rearing of children. The Jender plant is produced, but in fo cold a foil and fo feverc a climate, foon withers and .dies. It is not uncommon,...told, in the Highlands of Scotland for a mother who has born twenty children not to have two alive. Several officers of great experience have aflured me,...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 1

Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 372 pages
...rearing, of children. The tender plant is produced, but in so cold a soil, and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies. It is not uncommon, I have been...told, in the Highlands of Scotland, for a mother who has born twenty children not to have twp alive. Several officers of great experience have assured me,...
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The Works of Adam Smith, Volume 2

Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 582 pages
...unfavourable to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced, but in fo cold a foil, and fo fevere a climate, foon withers and dies. It is not uncommon,...told, in the Highlands of Scotland for a mother who has borne twenty children not to have two alive. Several officers of great experience have affured...
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The Works of Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh:: The ...

Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 520 pages
...unfavourable to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced, but in fo cold a foil, and fo fevere a climate, foon withers and dies. It is. not uncommon,...told, in the Highlands of Scotland for a mother who has borne twenty children not to have two alive. Several officers of great experience have aflured...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith - Economics - 1838 - 476 pages
...; butin so cold a soil, and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies. It is not un« штор, 1 have been frequently told, in the Highlands of Scotland, for a mother who has 1югп twenty childien not to have two alive. Several officers of great experience have asparish...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: ... with a ...

Adam Smith - Economics - 1852 - 476 pages
...rearing of children. The tender plant is produced ; but in so cold a soil, and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies. It is not uncommon, I have been...told, in the Highlands of Scotland, for a mother who has born twenty children not to have two alive. Several officers of great experience have assured me,...
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Scraps. [An anthology, ed.] by H. Jenkins

esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...rearing, of children. The tender plant is produced, but in fo cold a soil and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies. It is not uncommon, I have been...told, in the highlands of Scotland, for a mother who has borne twenty children not to have two alive. Several officers of great experience have assured...
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An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. A careful ...

Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 pages
...rearing of children. The tender plant is produced, but in so cold a soil, and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies. It is not uncommon, I have been...told, in the Highlands of Scotland for a mother who has borne twenty children not to have two alive. Several officers of great experience have assured...
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