| Joseph Priestley - 1803 - 500 páginas
...trades, offering their service, and as it were begging employment. The poverty of the lower ranks of the people in China far surpasses that of the most beggarly nations in Europe. In the neighbourhood of Canton many hundreds, it is commonly said, many thousand families, have no habitation... | |
| Joseph Priestley - 1803 - 504 páginas
...trades, offering their service, and as it were begging employment. The poverty of the lower ranks of the people in China far surpasses that of the most beggarly nations in Europe. In the neighbourhood of Canton many hundreds, it is commonly said, many thousand families, have no habitation... | |
| Adam Smith - 1809 - 372 páginas
...the tools of their respective trades, offering their services, and, as it were, begging employment. The poverty of the lower ranks of people in China...that of the most beggarly nations in Europe. In the neighbourhood of Canton, many hundred, it is commonly said, many thousand families, have no habitation... | |
| Adam Smith - 1811 - 452 páginas
...of people in China far surpasses that of the most beggarly nations in Europe. In the neighbourhood of Canton, many hundred, it is commonly said, many...rivers and canals. The subsistence which they find thefe is so scanty, that they are eager to fish up the nastiest garbage thrown overboard from any European... | |
| Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 páginas
...of people in China far surpasses that of the most beggarly nations in Europe. In the neighbourhood of Canton, many hundred, it is commonly said, many...habitation on the land, but live constantly in little fishing-boats upon the rivers and canals. The subsistence which they find there is so scanty, that... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 850 páginas
...court to a¿>rb>ou, arid adjudging my family to beggary and famine. Burke. Vindication of Nat. Society. The poverty of the lower ranks of people in China...surpasses that of the most beggarly nations in Europe. Smith. Wealth of Nations, book i. chap. 8. BEG, commonly pronounced Bëi, a title of honour among the... | |
| 1848 - 612 páginas
...continually running about the streets, offering their service, and, as it were, begging employment. The poverty of the lower ranks of people in China,...subsistence which they find there is so scanty, that they aro eager to fish up the nastiest garbage thrown overboard from any European ship. Any carrion, the... | |
| 1848 - 614 páginas
...continually running about the streets, offering their service, and, as it were, begging employment. The poverty of the lower ranks of people in China,...far surpasses that of the most beggarly nations in Kurope. In the neighborhood of Canton, many hundred, it is commonly said, many thousand families have... | |
| Charles Hall - 1849 - 280 páginas
...the tools of their respective trades, offering their service, and, as it were, begging employment. The poverty of the lower ranks of people in China...that of the most beggarly nations in Europe. In the neighbourhood of Canton, many hundred, it is commonly said many thousand, families have no habitation... | |
| Charles Hall - 1850 - 270 páginas
...the tools of their respective trades, offering their service, and, as it were, begging employment. The poverty of the lower ranks of people in China...that of the most beggarly nations in Europe. In the neighbourhood of Canton, many hundred, it is commonly said many thousand, families have no habitation... | |
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