 Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him * Arthur Young's Trtnelt m francl, ml. ip 88. « Ibid. p. 61. a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.  Free Trade in Land - Page 250de Joseph Kay - 1879 - 336 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Arthur Young - 1792 - 586 pages
...fenfe to afk the caufe : the enjoyment of property mufl have done it. Give a man the fecure poffeiTion of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years leafe of a garden, and he will convert it into a delert. To Montadier, over a rough mountain covered... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1793 - 710 pages
...fenfe to alk the caufe : the enjoyment of property muft have done it. Give a man the fecure pofleflion of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years leafe of a garden, and he will convert it into a defert. To Montadier, over a rough mountain covered... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1809 - 770 pages
...fenfe to aik the cauie : the enjoyment of property muft have done it. Give a man the fecure poflefllon of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine year's leafe of a garden, and he will convert it into a defert. To Montadiér over a rough mountain... | |
 | 1880 - 472 pages
...not refrain from quoting the well-known words which Arthur Young wrote to long ;uu as 17S9 : — " Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and...turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease o( a garden aud he will turn it into a desert. The magic of property turns sand into gold." He was... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1840 - 564 pages
...has been at work here, which has swept all difficulties before it, and clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to...possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a , • Tour in France, Vol. ip 407. t Ibid. Vol. ip 37. garden : give him a nine years lease of a garden,... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1840 - 570 pages
...with verdure. It would be a disgrace 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 into a • Tour in France, \7o\. ip 407. f Ibid. Vol. ip 37. garden : give him a nine years lease of a garden,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1846 - 622 pages
...Young, in his Tour in France, observes — " Give a man the secure possession of .1 bleak rock, and lie will turn it into a, garden ; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and ho will convert it into a desert." It is admitted, that where the landlord is resident and the estate... | |
 | William Thomas Thornton - 1848 - 276 pages
...wretched blowing sand, naturally as white as snow." But, as Young exclaims, in spite of himself, " give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden;" there ia "no way so sure of carrying tillage to a mountain-top as by permitting the neighbouring villagers... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1849 - 638 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Hill Burton - 1849 - 358 pages
...favour, when he says that ' the magic of property turns sand into gold.' ' Give a man,' we are told, ' the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will...— give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and ho will convert it into a desert.' What is most conspicuous through all the authorities which Mr Mill... | |
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