Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social ScienceJohn W. Parker, 1879 - Great Britain The volume for 1886 is a report of the proceedings of the "Conference on temperance legislation, London, 1886." |
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Page 166 - Hold thou the good : define it well : For fear divine Philosophy Should push beyond her mark, and be Procuress to the Lords of Hell.
Page 62 - In framing schemes under this Act, provision shall be made, as far as conveniently may be, for extending to girls the benefits of endowments.
Page 199 - You buy an estate at an auction, or you enter into a contract for the purchase of the estate. You are very anxious to get possession of the property you have bought, and the vendor is very anxious to get his money. But do you get possession of the property ? On the contrary, you cannot get the estate, nor can the vendor get his money, until after a lapse, sometimes no inconsiderable portion of a man's lifetime, spent in the preparation of abstracts, in the comparison of deeds, in searches for...
Page 200 - ... estate. You are very anxious to get possession of the property you have bought, and the vendor is very anxious to get his money. But do you get possession of the property ? On the contrary, you cannot get the estate, nor can the vendor get his money until after a lapse — sometimes no inconsiderable portion of a man's lifetime — spent in the preparation of abstracts, in the comparison of deeds, in searches for...
Page 227 - Tenant by copy of court roll is, as if a man be seised of a manor within which manor there is a custom, which hath been used time out of mind of man, that certain tenants within the same manor have used to have lands and tenements, to hold to them and their heirs in fee simple, or fee tail, or for term of life, &c. at the will of the lord according to the custom of the same manor.
Page 270 - It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people and wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant; and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation ; for they will ever live like rogues, and not fall to work, but be lazy, and do mischief, and spend victuals, and be quickly weary, and then certify over to their country to the discredit of the plantation.
Page 578 - ... new Indian route ; and what is more, so altered and affected many of the existing modes and channels of business, as to create mischief and confusion among the parties engaged in them. These disarrangements of former channels and methods of commerce, have...
Page 747 - That in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable that the York and Antwerp Rules of general average be carried into operation.
Page 202 - Committee of the House of Commons has been appointed to inquire into the matter.
Page 132 - ... absolutely neutral as between all particular schemes and systems of social or industrial life. It furnishes, he tells us, certain data that go towards the formation of a sound opinion, but can never determine our final judgment on any social question.