 An activity has been here, that has swept away all difficulties before it, and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause; the enjoyment of property must have done it. Give a man the secure possession...  The conditions and prospects of Ireland - Page 283de Jonathan Pim - 1848Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Archibald Alison - 1840 - 568 pages
...the most lively. An activity has been at work here, which has swept all difficulties before it, and clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a...to common sense to ask the cause : the enjoyment of FRO. PEIITY must have done it. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1849 - 638 pages
...I have taken in France ; the efforts of industry the most vigorous ; the animation the most lively. An activity has been here, that has swept away all...Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and be will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into... | |
 | Bath and West of England Society - 1859 - 470 pages
...into gold." And again, " Much watering at St. Lawrence ; the scenery very interesting to a farmer. An activity has been here that has swept away all difficulties before it, and clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause ; the... | |
 | 1865 - 672 pages
...dune sand, naturally as white as snow, but improved by industry.") Of another district he reports : " An activity has been here, that has swept away all...cause ; the enjoyment of property must have done it."| T^e metayer, Sismondi writes, lives on his metairie as his inheritance, loving it with affection, labouring... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1870 - 632 pages
...I have taken in France ; the efforts of industry the most vigorous ; the animation the most lively. An activity has been here, that has swept away all...have done it. Give a man the secure possession of ft bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years lease of a garden, and he... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1870 - 328 pages
...dune sand, naturally as white as snow, but improved by industry.") Of another district he reports: " An activity has been here, that has swept away all...cause; the enjoyment of property must have done it." The metayer, Sismondi writes, lives on his metairie as his inheritance, loving it with affection, labouring... | |
 | George Washington Julian - 1872 - 508 pages
...forms no exception to these strong testimonies. Arthur Young, in his " Travels in France," says : " An activity has been here that has swept away all...enjoyment of property must have done it. Give a man the sure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease of... | |
 | George Washington Julian - 1872 - 512 pages
...Travels in France," says : " An activity has been here tliat has swept away all difficulties Ix-fore it, and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It...be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause; the enjovment of property must have done it. Give a man the sure possession of a bleak rock, and he will... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1875 - 624 pages
...I have taken in France; the efforts of industry the most vigorous ; the animation the most lively. An activity has been here, that has swept away all...sense to ask the cause ; the enjoyment of property mutt have done it. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden... | |
 | Francis Amasa Walker - 1876 - 440 pages
...tenure, burdened with numerous duties, into absolute property."—History of Europe, xxii. 612. 1 " An activity has been here that has swept away all...very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common-sense to ask the cause : the enjoyment of property must have done it. Give a man the secure... | |
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