The Garden of India: Or, Chapters on Oudh History and AffairsW. H. Allen, 1880 - 350 Seiten |
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... rule , consciously or acutely miserable , may be safely denied ; and this is , perhaps , the most conso- latory reflection which a study of their condition can sug- gest . They are fortified against suffering by the most effec- tive of ...
... rule , consciously or acutely miserable , may be safely denied ; and this is , perhaps , the most conso- latory reflection which a study of their condition can sug- gest . They are fortified against suffering by the most effec- tive of ...
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... rule , be obtained from the best land and under the most favourable circumstances . And the best land is but a small proportion , less , probably , than one - fourth of the whole ; while favourable seasons , of late years at any rate ...
... rule , be obtained from the best land and under the most favourable circumstances . And the best land is but a small proportion , less , probably , than one - fourth of the whole ; while favourable seasons , of late years at any rate ...
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... rule were cotton - weaving , salt - making , and spirit - distilling . Of these , the first has been crippled by Manchester competition ; the second has been annihilated , so far as legislation can annihilate it , and the occupation of ...
... rule were cotton - weaving , salt - making , and spirit - distilling . Of these , the first has been crippled by Manchester competition ; the second has been annihilated , so far as legislation can annihilate it , and the occupation of ...
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... rule , so much their own as their land- lords ' ; 8. Day - labourers , whose wages , while they are em- ployed , range from a shilling to eighteenpence , or , at most , two shillings a week , if paid in cash , and from four to six ...
... rule , so much their own as their land- lords ' ; 8. Day - labourers , whose wages , while they are em- ployed , range from a shilling to eighteenpence , or , at most , two shillings a week , if paid in cash , and from four to six ...
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... rule , very few sub- proprietors to intercept a portion of the profits . If they are in difficulties , these may fairly be ascribed to their own care- lessness or bad management . Independent coparcenary bodies are generally so numerous ...
... rule , very few sub- proprietors to intercept a portion of the profits . If they are in difficulties , these may fairly be ascribed to their own care- lessness or bad management . Independent coparcenary bodies are generally so numerous ...
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