The British Quarterly Review, Volume 2Henry Allon Hodder and Stoughton, 1845 - Christianity |
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... labour or diffi- culty . This is the first step . We find from this , that the value of a thing in exchange depends upon its plenty or scarcity , upon the ease or difficulty of getting it ; or , in other words , upon the quantity of labour ...
... labour or diffi- culty . This is the first step . We find from this , that the value of a thing in exchange depends upon its plenty or scarcity , upon the ease or difficulty of getting it ; or , in other words , upon the quantity of labour ...
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... labour , and pains , and risk . To add materially to that quantity , beyond what is requisite for filling up the gap occasioned by wear and tear in the use of these metals , would cost more labour than the metal obtained would repay ...
... labour , and pains , and risk . To add materially to that quantity , beyond what is requisite for filling up the gap occasioned by wear and tear in the use of these metals , would cost more labour than the metal obtained would repay ...
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... labour was not commensurate with the diminishing value of the medium in which these wages were paid ; and we may safely assert , because the fact is quite capable of proof , that throughout the entire period of the issue of ...
... labour was not commensurate with the diminishing value of the medium in which these wages were paid ; and we may safely assert , because the fact is quite capable of proof , that throughout the entire period of the issue of ...
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... labour were reduced . As profits and wages shrank into a less amount , the home demand for farm produce , and for the fabrics of the loom or anvil , shrank along with them . It became abso- lutely necessary to increase , if possible ...
... labour were reduced . As profits and wages shrank into a less amount , the home demand for farm produce , and for the fabrics of the loom or anvil , shrank along with them . It became abso- lutely necessary to increase , if possible ...
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... labour , whilst property is exempted , seems to us as great a mistake in the economy of a nation as can be even a rash alteration in the standard of value ; and whilst we lay stress upon that which has been done ( as it seems to us in ...
... labour , whilst property is exempted , seems to us as great a mistake in the economy of a nation as can be even a rash alteration in the standard of value ; and whilst we lay stress upon that which has been done ( as it seems to us in ...
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Page 60 - WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits.
Page 257 - No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
Page 47 - We will return no more;" And all at once they sang, " Our island home Is far beyond the wave; we will no longer roam." CHORIC SONG •"THERE is sweet music here that softer falls Than petals from blown roses on the grass, Or night-dews on still waters between walls Of shadowy granite, in a gleaming pass; Music that gentlier on the spirit lies, Than tir'd eyelids upon tir'd eyes; Music that brings sweet sleep down from the blissful skies. Here are cool mosses deep, And thro...
Page 378 - Orders, Matrimony, and extreme Unction, are not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel, being such as have grown partly of the corrupt following of the Apostles, partly are states of life allowed in the Scriptures; but yet have not like nature of Sacraments with Baptism, and the Lord's Supper, for that they have not any visible sign or ceremony ordained of God.
Page 47 - d with the summer light, The full-juiced apple, waxing over-mellow, Drops in a silent autumn night. All its allotted length of days, The flower ripens in its place, Ripens and fades, and falls, and hath no toil, Fast-rooted in the fruitful soil.
Page 48 - To watch the crisping ripples on the beach, And tender curving lines of creamy spray; To lend our hearts and spirits wholly To the influence of mild-minded melancholy; To muse and brood and live again in memory...
Page 57 - Camelot; And up and down the people go Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below, The island of Shalott. Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro...
Page 377 - We make our humble supplications unto thee for these thy servants, upon whom (after the example of thy holy Apostles) we have now laid our hands, to certify them (by this sign) of thy favour and gracious goodness towards them. Let thy fatherly hand, we beseech thee, ever be over them ; let thy Holy Spirit ever be with them ; and so lead them in the knowledge and obedience of thy Word, that in the end they may obtain everlasting life...
Page 56 - WiTH blackest moss the flower-plots Were thickly crusted, one and all: The rusted nails fell from the knots That held the pear to the gable-wall. The broken sheds look'd sad and strange: Unlifted was the clinking latch; Weeded and worn the ancient thatch Upon the lonely moated grange. She only said, ' My life is dreary, He cometh not...
Page 142 - Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.