| William Pitt - Great Britain - 1808 - 474 pages
...oppro,trinm and contempt. This will make a large family a blessing, and not a curse ; and this will draVv a proper line of distinction between those who are...number of children, have a claim upon its assistance far their support. All this, however, he would confess, was nqt enough, if they did not engraft upon... | |
| William Pitt - Great Britain - 1808 - 474 pages
...those who are able to provide for themselves by their labour, and those who, after having euriched their country with a number of children, have a claim...however, he would confess, was not • enough, if they djd not engraft upon it resolutions to discourage relief where it was not wanted. If such means could... | |
| William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1818 - 812 pages
...the man with a small family would have too much wages, or the man with a large family, who had done most service to his country, would have too little....he would confess, was not enough, if they did not enpraft upon it resolutions to discourage relief where it was not wanted. If such means could be practised... | |
| David Ricardo - Economics - 1821 - 560 pages
...in cases where there are a number of children a matter of right and honour, instead of a groun dof opprobrium and contempt. This will make a large family...country with a number of children, have a claim upon The nature of the evil points out the remedy. By gradually contracting the sphere of the poor laws... | |
| The Westminster Review.Volume II.July-October,1824 - 1824 - 582 pages
...can be gainers while the projectors lose, is what we cannot imagine. If the proprietor of an estate distinction between those who are able to provide...of children, have a claim upon its assistance for support."* In other words, let us do precisely what true wisdom would do every thing to avoid : let... | |
| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1827 - 516 pages
...draw a proper line of distinction between those who are able to provide for themselves by their labor, and those who, after having enriched their country...number of children, have a claim upon its assistance." ' * In plain English, what is the amount of the first of the two preceding paragraphs ? The House of... | |
| Michael Thomas Sadler - Ireland - 1828 - 496 pages
...a ground of opprobrium and contempt. This will make a large family a blessing, and not a curse, and draw a proper line of distinction between those who...children, have a claim upon its assistance for their support4." . ... . ji i~r (18.) But to return. Confident that this argumentum ad crumenam, however... | |
| Michael Thomas Sadler - Ireland - 1829 - 542 pages
...a ground of opprobrium and contempt. This will make a large family a blessing and not a curse, and draw a proper line of distinction between those who...have a claim upon its assistance for their support,." (18.) But to return. Confident that this argutnentum ad crumenam, however it may be kept in the back-ground,... | |
| John Wade - Great Britain - 1833 - 674 pages
...measures then could be found to supply the defect? Let us," said he, " make relief (by the parish), in cases where there are a number of children, a matter...have a claim upon its assistance for their support." — Parl. History, vol. xxxii. p. 710. Mr. Fox did not enter fully into the question, but appeared... | |
| Frederic Winn Knight - 1854 - 304 pages
...matter of right, and ah honour> instead of " a ground for opprobrium and contempt. This will make n. large " family a blessing, and not a curse, and this...a claim upon its " assistance for their support," Is not the neglect of a provision for any greater number of children than can be supported by a labourer's... | |
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