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... appear to be the most healthy . The numerous facts brought forward have been care- fully selected from a vast mass of materials ; and , though it is possible some of them may be found to be inaccurate , the principles propounded , which ...
... appear to be the most healthy . The numerous facts brought forward have been care- fully selected from a vast mass of materials ; and , though it is possible some of them may be found to be inaccurate , the principles propounded , which ...
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... appear , from one point of view , that of all the various kinds of reforms upon which any government could embark , there is none more likely to affect the masses of the people beneficially than the abolition of serfage , particularly ...
... appear , from one point of view , that of all the various kinds of reforms upon which any government could embark , there is none more likely to affect the masses of the people beneficially than the abolition of serfage , particularly ...
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... appear to be very various according to the very various circumstances in which the proprietors and serfs had formerly been placed . All over Russia it is now the complaint of the proprietors that it is impossible to induce their former ...
... appear to be very various according to the very various circumstances in which the proprietors and serfs had formerly been placed . All over Russia it is now the complaint of the proprietors that it is impossible to induce their former ...
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... appears to be no relief from impending ruin . The peasantry are com- pulsorily attached to the soil that is taxed at a rate above its value , so that the Imperial taxes , which amount to about 37. per peasant family , are only a portion ...
... appears to be no relief from impending ruin . The peasantry are com- pulsorily attached to the soil that is taxed at a rate above its value , so that the Imperial taxes , which amount to about 37. per peasant family , are only a portion ...
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... appears that , at any rate in large portions of Russia , the condition of both proprietors and peasantry has been very seriously and prejudicially affected by the Emancipation Act . But has there been any general 1 Report by Mr. Michell ...
... appears that , at any rate in large portions of Russia , the condition of both proprietors and peasantry has been very seriously and prejudicially affected by the Emancipation Act . But has there been any general 1 Report by Mr. Michell ...
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