Prussia and the poor; or, Observations upon the systematized relief of the poor at Elberfeld, in contrast with that of England1879 |
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Página v
... considered to hold sentiments unworthy of the clerical profession . These things being so , it is high time that he should defend him- self against misrepresentations so injurious to himself and his work as a preacher of the Gospel . He ...
... considered to hold sentiments unworthy of the clerical profession . These things being so , it is high time that he should defend him- self against misrepresentations so injurious to himself and his work as a preacher of the Gospel . He ...
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... considered the best qualified who can brow - beat the most . We have known some who have experienced " the tender mercies of the Union Workhouse , " as the Earl of Shaftesbury has designated them , to declare that they were ready to ...
... considered the best qualified who can brow - beat the most . We have known some who have experienced " the tender mercies of the Union Workhouse , " as the Earl of Shaftesbury has designated them , to declare that they were ready to ...
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... considered that in England the necessitous poor are only entitled by the New Poor Law Amendment Act to the relief of the House - the Union - and to that only when absolutely destitute , and if it is considered further how curiously ...
... considered that in England the necessitous poor are only entitled by the New Poor Law Amendment Act to the relief of the House - the Union - and to that only when absolutely destitute , and if it is considered further how curiously ...
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... considered , and in all probability the decision arrived at to offer him a comfortable home for the re- mainder of his days in the excellent Asylum for the Blind . We can say more concerning the charities of Elberfeld . John Blake was a ...
... considered , and in all probability the decision arrived at to offer him a comfortable home for the re- mainder of his days in the excellent Asylum for the Blind . We can say more concerning the charities of Elberfeld . John Blake was a ...
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... considered by reflective and discerning persons , as discovering a state of things most con- clusively condemnatory of the working of the New Poor Law . These poor creatures live and die as if there were no legal provision of relief ...
... considered by reflective and discerning persons , as discovering a state of things most con- clusively condemnatory of the working of the New Poor Law . These poor creatures live and die as if there were no legal provision of relief ...
Términos y frases comunes
accelerated by want afflicted aged Alderman amongst appear applied assistance Bastilles Bethnal Green body bread brethren called cause charity Chartism Christian Church clergyman CORONER deaths from starvation DEATHS FROM STARVATION-CONTINUED deceased deserving poor destitute discovered distressed dread duty Elberfeld Elberfeld system emaciated England exposure FACTS IN EVIDENCE Guardians heart Hibbs Holy Orders House Humphries inquest John Blake John Ruskin labour letter London Lord Mammon misery Moran nation never nourishment oppressed parish pauper persons Poor Law Amendment Poor Law Board poverty preacher preaching prophet Prussia Relieving Officer remarks rendered Report Romsey Serjeant's Inn shew shilling Sir Robert Society soul starving Street suffering tender mercies things thou Timothy Daly tion Union Workhouse unto utterances verdict wages Walthew want of food want of proper week whilst widow wife words Workhouse writer
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Página xviii - Shall I not visit for these things? Saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Página x - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Página 90 - Trust ye not in lying words, saying: — "The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord are these.
Página v - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Página 117 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Página iv - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth : and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Página xi - Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Página iii - Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness,, and forsook not the ordinance of their God : they ask of Me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
Página 115 - The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
Página ix - The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream : and he that hath my word let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words, every one from his neighbour.