A history of England, from the conclusion of the great war in 1815 [to 1858].Longmans, Green, and Company, 1879 - Great Britain |
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... Poor Laws made almost every labourer a pauper . Harsh and oppressive as the laws already were , the oligarchy , by which England was governed , was continually demand- ing harsher and more oppressive legislation . During the five years ...
... Poor Laws made almost every labourer a pauper . Harsh and oppressive as the laws already were , the oligarchy , by which England was governed , was continually demand- ing harsher and more oppressive legislation . During the five years ...
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... Poor Laws . The Law of Settlement . Parish Apprentices Poor Law Discipline The Criminal Classes The Severity of the Criminal Code Convicts and Prisons Prison Reformers . John Howard Elizabeth Fry · Jeremy Bentham and his ' Panopticon ...
... Poor Laws . The Law of Settlement . Parish Apprentices Poor Law Discipline The Criminal Classes The Severity of the Criminal Code Convicts and Prisons Prison Reformers . John Howard Elizabeth Fry · Jeremy Bentham and his ' Panopticon ...
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... poor labourer and manufacturer , disabled the farmer to pay his rent , and put even gentlemen of plentiful estates under the greatest difficulties to make a proper provision for their families . ' ' Our parliamentary aids , ' wrote the ...
... poor labourer and manufacturer , disabled the farmer to pay his rent , and put even gentlemen of plentiful estates under the greatest difficulties to make a proper provision for their families . ' ' Our parliamentary aids , ' wrote the ...
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... poor ; and was of course very burdensome to the poorer householders . It was 1 The amount is given by Philips as 13,000l . , and by Camden as 14,000l . Naunton simply says that the amount was doubled ; and Sinclair , from whom these ...
... poor ; and was of course very burdensome to the poorer householders . It was 1 The amount is given by Philips as 13,000l . , and by Camden as 14,000l . Naunton simply says that the amount was doubled ; and Sinclair , from whom these ...
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... poor were clothed in silk , linen , and wool . The industrious Moors introduced cotton into Spain . Many centuries afterwards cotton was imported into Italy , Saxony , and the Low Countries . Isolated from the rest of Europe , with ...
... poor were clothed in silk , linen , and wool . The industrious Moors introduced cotton into Spain . Many centuries afterwards cotton was imported into Italy , Saxony , and the Low Countries . Isolated from the rest of Europe , with ...
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