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... important consequences of that more general and overwhelming influence of scientific power , through which the market value of every species of human employment has been directly or indirectly depressed . : That portion of labour which ...
... important consequences of that more general and overwhelming influence of scientific power , through which the market value of every species of human employment has been directly or indirectly depressed . : That portion of labour which ...
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... important object of our meeting . I will endeavour to enforce the rules of order in your discussion ; and for my own part , I shall submit to whatever may be resolved on for the general good . After having swayed the sceptre of the hive ...
... important object of our meeting . I will endeavour to enforce the rules of order in your discussion ; and for my own part , I shall submit to whatever may be resolved on for the general good . After having swayed the sceptre of the hive ...
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... important advantages to account for an institution , which in the view of it above given is so paradoxical and unnatural . " The principal of these advantages are the following ; 66 66 1st , It increases the produce of the earth . 2dly ...
... important advantages to account for an institution , which in the view of it above given is so paradoxical and unnatural . " The principal of these advantages are the following ; 66 66 1st , It increases the produce of the earth . 2dly ...
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... important to detach the science from all con- siderations not essential to it . I therefore premise , that in the following pages , I have this alone in view ; namely , to ascertain the laws according to which the production and ...
... important to detach the science from all con- siderations not essential to it . I therefore premise , that in the following pages , I have this alone in view ; namely , to ascertain the laws according to which the production and ...
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... important pro- position upon which they were unanimous ; namely , that the number of the bees had a tendency to in- crease in greater proportion than the quantity of honey , and consequently , that the destruction occa- sioned by ...
... important pro- position upon which they were unanimous ; namely , that the number of the bees had a tendency to in- crease in greater proportion than the quantity of honey , and consequently , that the destruction occa- sioned by ...
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Allan Ramsay Almured apiarian appeared attention beauty bees benevolence cause cell character circumstances committee communities competition consequence considerable crime cultivated delight desire destitute distress Douglas Emigration Emilius employment equally evils exertion favour feelings flowers formed friends Genius happiness hive honey human improvement increase individual inhabitants inquiry intelligence interest Ireland Judicatores knowledge labour land laws Loch Lomond Loch Long London Co-operative Society Lycurgus Malthus mankind manufacture means ment mind misery moral mountain nations nature necessary noble object observed opinion Orpheus Owen's passions Pentland Hills perceive period Persia philosophy pleasure Political Economists population portion possession present principles produce pursuits quæ queen bee racter religion remarkable replied rich rience royal jelly Saadi satrap scene society spirit superior supply sympathy Tarbert thou thousand tion truth various virtue Wansford wealth youth
Popular passages
Page 5 - IF you should see a flock of pigeons in a field of corn ; and if (instead of each picking where and what it liked, taking just as much as it wanted, and no more) you should see ninety-nine of them gathering all they got, into a heap ; reserving nothing for themselves, but the chaff and the refuse ; keeping this heap for one, and that the weakest, perhaps worst...
Page 173 - Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand, I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand. Contented toil, and hospitable care, And kind connubial tenderness, are there ; And piety, with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty, and faithful love.
Page 103 - Boastful and rough, your first son is a squire; The next a tradesman, meek, and much a liar; Tom struts a soldier, open, bold, and brave; Will sneaks a scrivener, an exceeding knave: Is he a Churchman?
Page 186 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ? The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields...
Page 114 - For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Page 99 - We were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or...
Page 129 - What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste, with wine, whence we may rise To hear the lute well touched, or artful voice Warble immortal notes and Tuscan air?
Page 191 - Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick- warbled notes the summer long ; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...
Page 105 - That any character — from the best to the worst, from the most ignorant to the most enlightened — may be given to any community, even to the world at large, by applying certain means, which are to a great extent at the command and under the control, or easily made so, of those who possess the government of nations.
Page 64 - tis a base (') Abandonment of reason to resign Our right of thought — our last and only place Of refuge...