 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
 | Francis Amasa Walker - 1876 - 432 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... | |
 | Joseph Kay - 1879 - 362 pages
...efforts of industry the most vigorous ; the animation the most lively. An activity has been here thai has swept away all difficulties before it, and has clothed the very rocks ivith verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause ; the enjoyment of property... | |
 | George John Shaw- Lefevre (baron Eversley.) - 1882 - 42 pages
...property turns sand into gold." Speaking of the district near Gange, he said : — "An industry and activity has been here that has swept away all difficulties...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... | |
 | 1883 - 558 pages
...in irrigation and cultivation, he is so sure of the explanation of the fact that he remarks : — " It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the...enjoyment of property must have done it. Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1889 - 472 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 difficulties before it, and has cloathed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace tocommon sense to ask the cause : the... | |
 | Matilda Betham-Edwards - 1890 - 348 pages
...hardened by labor; but she was only twenty-eight," to that of the villages near Ganges (Herault) : "An activity has been here that has swept away all...cause ; the enjoyment of property must have done it." The few pages contributed by Mr. Barham Zincke to the Fortnightly Review (1878) are more eloquent than... | |
 | 1891 - 626 pages
...different experience, but after all deductions will leave a sum of truth which no one can ignore : "An activity has been here, that has swept away all...has clothed the very rocks with verdure. It would be an insult to common sense to ask the cause. The enjoyment of property must have done it. Give a man... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1892 - 452 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 difficulties before it, and has cloathed the very rocks with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause : the... | |
 | 1895 - 914 pages
...by the same omnipotent principle" of ownership. .July 30. "The very rocks of this region are clothed with verdure. It would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause: the enjoyment of property munt have done it. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden;... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1896 - 1142 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...cause; the enjoyment of property must have done it. IGive a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine... | |
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