The Rights of the Poor and Christian Almsgiving Vindicated: Or the State and Character of the Poor, and the Conduct and Duties of the Rich, Exhibited and IllustratedJ. Burns, 1841 - 416 páginas |
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... humanity , we should give the appellation of fraudulent . We al- lude to attempts , through private subscrip- tions , by which funds have been raised to be doled out , like the poor - rates , in weekly al- lowances , to all labourers ...
... humanity , we should give the appellation of fraudulent . We al- lude to attempts , through private subscrip- tions , by which funds have been raised to be doled out , like the poor - rates , in weekly al- lowances , to all labourers ...
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... human life , than mechanism will its movements . Let a painter paint a likeness from description ; let the physician who has read volumes upon the pulse and symptoms , compare with the one who has walked the wards , and attuned his ...
... human life , than mechanism will its movements . Let a painter paint a likeness from description ; let the physician who has read volumes upon the pulse and symptoms , compare with the one who has walked the wards , and attuned his ...
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... Human life is to be learned by practice only and personal experience . But no one now is willing to acquaint himself in this way ; and least of all - in this country at least -with the classes below that one in which he moves . It is ...
... Human life is to be learned by practice only and personal experience . But no one now is willing to acquaint himself in this way ; and least of all - in this country at least -with the classes below that one in which he moves . It is ...
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... humanity . One conversant in a lawyer's office might ́think that almost every transaction of busi- ness was a matter of legal arrangement ; whereas not one in a million is so . One conversant in the preparation of trials might conclude ...
... humanity . One conversant in a lawyer's office might ́think that almost every transaction of busi- ness was a matter of legal arrangement ; whereas not one in a million is so . One conversant in the preparation of trials might conclude ...
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... human power , and wisdom , and fasti- diousness , have not been able to reverse the decree , made for our good . The charity of the poor - law system , if fairly considered , will be found to be in its spirit a charity towards ourselves ...
... human power , and wisdom , and fasti- diousness , have not been able to reverse the decree , made for our good . The charity of the poor - law system , if fairly considered , will be found to be in its spirit a charity towards ourselves ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 340 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; And your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Página 355 - Did not I weep for him that was in trouble ? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Página 63 - Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink and forget his poverty and remember his misery no more.
Página 336 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Página 334 - Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him : because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. For the poor shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Página 336 - Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Página 339 - For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Página 341 - He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed ; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Página 341 - Be merciful after thy power. If thou hast much, give plenteously; if thou hast little, do thy diligence gladly to give of that little: for so gatherest thou thyself a good reward in the day of necessity.
Página 151 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.