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... increase in the agricultural productiveness of England . Although the food supplies from abroad rapidly increase England's treatment of the Irish people has been cruel Disastrous effects of such treatment The Irish had no resource in ...
... increase in the agricultural productiveness of England . Although the food supplies from abroad rapidly increase England's treatment of the Irish people has been cruel Disastrous effects of such treatment The Irish had no resource in ...
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... increasing burden of the general and local taxation . Thus in every way the central power , that had , from the ... increased , while the corre- sponding benefits had been diminished or reduced to something merely nominal . A period at ...
... increasing burden of the general and local taxation . Thus in every way the central power , that had , from the ... increased , while the corre- sponding benefits had been diminished or reduced to something merely nominal . A period at ...
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... increase to the national welfare during the following years was unprecedented . The peasants being free to improve their condition indefinitely , a great stimulus to exertion was created , in consequence of which , in the course of a ...
... increase to the national welfare during the following years was unprecedented . The peasants being free to improve their condition indefinitely , a great stimulus to exertion was created , in consequence of which , in the course of a ...
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... increase in the value of land to the extent of over one hundred per cent . But the most remarkable instance of definite legal emancipation proceeds from Russia . In that country , natural causes have operated neither in the enslavement ...
... increase in the value of land to the extent of over one hundred per cent . But the most remarkable instance of definite legal emancipation proceeds from Russia . In that country , natural causes have operated neither in the enslavement ...
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... increased , so as to increase the amount of the quit - rent . Besides payment to the lord in money and service the serf was bound at all times to supply horses and carts to transport his produce , to supply poultry and other ...
... increased , so as to increase the amount of the quit - rent . Besides payment to the lord in money and service the serf was bound at all times to supply horses and carts to transport his produce , to supply poultry and other ...
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