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... labor . The people of France had no security in this respect . A large por- tion of their income must go to replenish the royal revenue ; another portion must be paid into the church treasury , to augment the enormous wealth of a ...
... labor . The people of France had no security in this respect . A large por- tion of their income must go to replenish the royal revenue ; another portion must be paid into the church treasury , to augment the enormous wealth of a ...
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... labor , or they must perish . But their toil is ill - di- rected , and without any spirit of enterprise , although severe . They cannot work with courage , and sur- mount difficulties with cheerfulness , because they are strangers to ...
... labor , or they must perish . But their toil is ill - di- rected , and without any spirit of enterprise , although severe . They cannot work with courage , and sur- mount difficulties with cheerfulness , because they are strangers to ...
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... labor , and are ad dicted to every species of theft . They will receive you with kindness ... entertain you with the utmost hos- pitality ... divide with you their last loaf , and then in- crease their store by stealing from you all ...
... labor , and are ad dicted to every species of theft . They will receive you with kindness ... entertain you with the utmost hos- pitality ... divide with you their last loaf , and then in- crease their store by stealing from you all ...
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... labor , to avoid perishing with cold and hunger . In the middle countries of the temperate zone , industry is partly necessary to sub- sistence ; but it is oftener prompted by honor and ambition . But as we approach the torrid zone the ...
... labor , to avoid perishing with cold and hunger . In the middle countries of the temperate zone , industry is partly necessary to sub- sistence ; but it is oftener prompted by honor and ambition . But as we approach the torrid zone the ...
Page 119
... labor and expence . They have no need that their country should be half covered with forest to supply them with fuel . The Chinese subsist more on farinaceous food than the Europeans . Their country produces vast quan- tities of rice ...
... labor and expence . They have no need that their country should be half covered with forest to supply them with fuel . The Chinese subsist more on farinaceous food than the Europeans . Their country produces vast quan- tities of rice ...
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