Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... rich to subject their estates to a heavy tax for the support of the poor . Under all these obligations , are our poor modest , humble , and thankful ; and do they use their best endeavours to maintain them- selves , and lighten our ...
... rich to subject their estates to a heavy tax for the support of the poor . Under all these obligations , are our poor modest , humble , and thankful ; and do they use their best endeavours to maintain them- selves , and lighten our ...
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... with much invective in the papers , for these two years past , against the hard - heartedness of the rich , and much complaint of the great oppres- sions suffered in this country by the labouring poor . 26 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... with much invective in the papers , for these two years past , against the hard - heartedness of the rich , and much complaint of the great oppres- sions suffered in this country by the labouring poor . 26 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
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... rich , and excited to insurrections , by which much mischief is done , and some forfeit their lives , I could wish the true state of things were better un- derstood ; the poor not made by these busy writers more uneasy and unhappy than ...
... rich , and excited to insurrections , by which much mischief is done , and some forfeit their lives , I could wish the true state of things were better un- derstood ; the poor not made by these busy writers more uneasy and unhappy than ...
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... rich in England have subjected themselves to in behalf of the poor , amount- ing in some places to five or six shillings in the pound , of their annual income , they have , by dona- tions and subscriptions , erected numerous schools in ...
... rich in England have subjected themselves to in behalf of the poor , amount- ing in some places to five or six shillings in the pound , of their annual income , they have , by dona- tions and subscriptions , erected numerous schools in ...
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... rich for their luxury and expensive living , while the poor are starving , & c . not consider- ing that what the rich expend , the labouring poor receive in payment for their labour . It may seem a paradox if I should assert that our ...
... rich for their luxury and expensive living , while the poor are starving , & c . not consider- ing that what the rich expend , the labouring poor receive in payment for their labour . It may seem a paradox if I should assert that our ...
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