Journal of a Residence in Norway During the Years 1834, 1835, & 1836: Made with a View to Enquire Into the Moral and Political Economy of that Country, and the Condition of Its Inhabitants |
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... Labour cheap . - Houses good . - Mode of purchasing Land . - Bank of Norway .-- Peculiar System of Banking . Moral Condition as affected by the general Diffusion of Property . - Physical Condition . - Lodging compared to that of the ...
... Labour cheap . - Houses good . - Mode of purchasing Land . - Bank of Norway .-- Peculiar System of Banking . Moral Condition as affected by the general Diffusion of Property . - Physical Condition . - Lodging compared to that of the ...
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... labour is worth ten or twelve shillings a week , he is no longer an indolent or improvident man . He indulges a taste for gin , porter , tobacco ; for the alehouse meetings of his fellow - labourers ; for such clothing , lodging , food ...
... labour is worth ten or twelve shillings a week , he is no longer an indolent or improvident man . He indulges a taste for gin , porter , tobacco ; for the alehouse meetings of his fellow - labourers ; for such clothing , lodging , food ...
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... labour . Which is the happiest state of the popu- lation ? Good farming is a phrase composed of two words which have no more application to the hap- piness or well - being of a people than good weaving or good iron - founding . That the ...
... labour . Which is the happiest state of the popu- lation ? Good farming is a phrase composed of two words which have no more application to the hap- piness or well - being of a people than good weaving or good iron - founding . That the ...
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... labour . If the loaf is reduced permanently to half of its present price , it is pos- sible that wages might , in the ordinary course of demand and supply , be reduced in the long run to half their present rate . The cheap loaf would ...
... labour . If the loaf is reduced permanently to half of its present price , it is pos- sible that wages might , in the ordinary course of demand and supply , be reduced in the long run to half their present rate . The cheap loaf would ...
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... food appears to occupy more labour and time . As to being comparatively well or ill fed , these terms are vague . As fine a human animal is reared d a upon potatoes and milk in Ireland as upon roast beef 4.4 RESIDENCE IN NORWAY .
... food appears to occupy more labour and time . As to being comparatively well or ill fed , these terms are vague . As fine a human animal is reared d a upon potatoes and milk in Ireland as upon roast beef 4.4 RESIDENCE IN NORWAY .
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