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 vi
... present day is just this : People perish through want of food and the necessaries of life - fuel among the rest , in our inclement part of the Temperate Zone - and the single cut and dried verdict of the temperance tribe is , " Death ...
... present day is just this : People perish through want of food and the necessaries of life - fuel among the rest , in our inclement part of the Temperate Zone - and the single cut and dried verdict of the temperance tribe is , " Death ...
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... appear to think that the remarks of the author touching England's Poor Law apply rather to the past than the present . He begs leave to remind these critics of the painful fact that in the PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. ...
... appear to think that the remarks of the author touching England's Poor Law apply rather to the past than the present . He begs leave to remind these critics of the painful fact that in the PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. ...
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Richard Hibbs. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION . As many at this present time — if not more than ever - of the aged and deserving poor are still perishing in all the unutter- able horrors of starvation , deliberately preferring them to ...
Richard Hibbs. PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION . As many at this present time — if not more than ever - of the aged and deserving poor are still perishing in all the unutter- able horrors of starvation , deliberately preferring them to ...
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... present monstrous system of poor relief , & c . " " Let us hope that it will not be long before the whole system of our Poor Law is altered and revised , and the wide arms of charity and mercy take the place of the stern , relentless ...
... present monstrous system of poor relief , & c . " " Let us hope that it will not be long before the whole system of our Poor Law is altered and revised , and the wide arms of charity and mercy take the place of the stern , relentless ...
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... present visiting Elberfeld for the express purpose of witnessing what is done in support of the necessitous . He cherishes the hope that some account , however brief and imperfect , of these charitable doings may prove of service to his ...
... present visiting Elberfeld for the express purpose of witnessing what is done in support of the necessitous . He cherishes the hope that some account , however brief and imperfect , of these charitable doings may prove of service to his ...
Términos y frases comunes
accelerated by want afflicted aged amongst appear applied assistance Bastilles Bethnal Green body bread brethren called cause charge 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.