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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... means of subsistence . The Irish peasant gratifies the natural propensity to marriage , precisely because , being destitute of property , and of its influences on the human mind , he has grown up to manhood without any restrain- ing ...
... means of subsistence . The Irish peasant gratifies the natural propensity to marriage , precisely because , being destitute of property , and of its influences on the human mind , he has grown up to manhood without any restrain- ing ...
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... means of subsistence . This sense of property , as it may be called ; the instinctive desire to possess , to accumulate , forms the preventive check , established by nature upon the tendency to excessive multiplication . This check is ...
... means of subsistence . This sense of property , as it may be called ; the instinctive desire to possess , to accumulate , forms the preventive check , established by nature upon the tendency to excessive multiplication . This check is ...
Page 35
... mean land bearing crops of oats , bear , and potatoes , with patches of grass intermixed , and all fenced off . The smallest have not above four or five acres in cultivation . What is the condition of this Norwegian highland popu ...
... mean land bearing crops of oats , bear , and potatoes , with patches of grass intermixed , and all fenced off . The smallest have not above four or five acres in cultivation . What is the condition of this Norwegian highland popu ...
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... means . The extent of the main troughs is very great . In one glen I walked ten miles , and found it troughed on both sides : on one , the chain is continued down the main valley for forty miles D 4 RESIDENCE IN NORWAY . 39.
... means . The extent of the main troughs is very great . In one glen I walked ten miles , and found it troughed on both sides : on one , the chain is continued down the main valley for forty miles D 4 RESIDENCE IN NORWAY . 39.
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... means of lodg- ing like his neighbours ; nor would he find a wife who would leave a decent habitation to burrow in a hole like a pigstye . Every man looks to what is considered proper and reputable in his own rank ; and the poor man ...
... means of lodg- ing like his neighbours ; nor would he find a wife who would leave a decent habitation to burrow in a hole like a pigstye . Every man looks to what is considered proper and reputable in his own rank ; and the poor man ...
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