The Quarterly Review, Volumen225William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir John Murray IV, William Smith, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1916 |
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... cent . on the value of the supplies brought from abroad . But the chief reason why those who are attempting to promote rural progress in Great Britain may usefully look about them in Denmark and Holland particularly , and examine some ...
... cent . on the value of the supplies brought from abroad . But the chief reason why those who are attempting to promote rural progress in Great Britain may usefully look about them in Denmark and Holland particularly , and examine some ...
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... cent . in order to buy his farm . About the time when Peter Plymley was prophesying that if French troops land in ... cent . of the whole agricultural area ; holdings ( fæste ) under the system that the land is held for the life of the ...
... cent . in order to buy his farm . About the time when Peter Plymley was prophesying that if French troops land in ... cent . of the whole agricultural area ; holdings ( fæste ) under the system that the land is held for the life of the ...
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... cent . of the cows in the country is delivered to co - operative creameries . There are 1177 co - operative creameries to 328 joint stock ones . Danish butter is a standard product that may only be exported under a Government brand ...
... cent . of the cows in the country is delivered to co - operative creameries . There are 1177 co - operative creameries to 328 joint stock ones . Danish butter is a standard product that may only be exported under a Government brand ...
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... cent . higher . Loans are granted up to 60 per cent . of the value of the property . In the case of farms which were voluntarily sold between the years 1905-9 , it was found that the loan averaged 50 per cent . On crofters ' holdings it ...
... cent . higher . Loans are granted up to 60 per cent . of the value of the property . In the case of farms which were voluntarily sold between the years 1905-9 , it was found that the loan averaged 50 per cent . On crofters ' holdings it ...
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... cent . , and it has con- tinued to fall . As is well known , the land of Belgium is much more cut up than that of any European country . Two - thirds of the holdings are under 2 acres ; 94 per cent . of them are of less than 25 acres ...
... cent . , and it has con- tinued to fall . As is well known , the land of Belgium is much more cut up than that of any European country . Two - thirds of the holdings are under 2 acres ; 94 per cent . of them are of less than 25 acres ...
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Página 179 - If the peace of Europe can be preserved, and the present crisis safely passed, my own endeavor will be to promote some arrangement to which Germany could be a party, by which she could be assured that no aggressive or hostile policy would be pursued against her or her allies by France, Russia, and ourselves, jointly or separately.
Página 13 - I hope to see the day when the American flag will float over every square foot of the British North American possessions clear to the north pole!
Página 273 - There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion; it is this, indeed, which gives a value to all the rest, which sets them at work in their proper times and places, and turns them to the advantage of the person who is possessed of them.
Página 180 - I have desired this and worked for it, as far as I could, through the last Balkan crisis, and, Germany having a corresponding object, our relations sensibly improved. The idea has hitherto been too Utopian to form the subject of definite proposals, but if this present crisis, so much more acute than any that Europe has gone through for generations, be safely passed, I am hopeful that the relief and reaction which will follow may make possible some more definite rapprochement between the Powers than...
Página 280 - The cascades seem to break through the clefts and cracks of rocks that are covered over with moss, and look as if they were piled upon one another by accident. There is an artificial wildness in the meadows, walks, and canals ; and the garden, instead of a wall, is fenced on the lower end by a natural mound of rock-work, that strikes the eye very agreeably.
Página 279 - A MAN who publishes his works in a volume, has an infinite advantage over one who communicates his writings to the world in loose tracts and single pieces. We do not expect to meet with any thing in a bulky volume, till after some heavy preamble, and several words of course to prepare the reader for what follows : nay, authors have established it as a kind of rule that a man ought to be dull...
Página 279 - On the contrary, those who publish their thoughts in distinct sheets, and as it were by piece-meal, have none of these advantages. We must immediately fall into our subject, and treat every part of it in a lively manner, or our papers are thrown by as dull and insipid...
Página 272 - The devout man does not only believe, but feels there is a Deity. He has actual sensations of him ; his experience concurs with his reason ; he sees him more and more in all his intercourses with him, and even in this life almost loses his faith in conviction.
Página 282 - It was said of Socrates that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffeehouses.
Página 442 - And when the defence of the commonwealth, requireth at once the help of all that are able to bear arms, every one is obliged; because otherwise the institution of the commonwealth. which they have not the purpose, or courage to preserve, was in vain.