 Indeed, with those few exceptions, which must be every where found to arise out of the peculiar circumstances of individual misfortune, the French cottage always indicates the dwelling of a thriving and prosperous population. I have often heard it remarked...  France as it is, not lady Morgan's France - Page 66by William Playfair - 1820Full view - About this book
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...prosperous population. ft******************* I have often heard it remarked by English travellers^ who had ' visited' Fra-nce before the revolution, that the peasantry...of those who violate or respect it, than upon any abstractprinciple, is necessarily improved in France with thfr amended state of the lower classes.... | |
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...prosperous population. . ************* I have often heard it remarked by English travellers, who had visited France before the revolution, that the peasantry...necessitous, and yielded to temptations of theft the m6re readily, as the severity of the punishment universally prevented prosecution. This branch of morals,... | |
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...thriving and prosperous population. " I have often heard it remarked by English travellers, who had visited France before the revolution, that the peasantry...yielded to temptations of theft the more readily, as (he severity of the punishment universallyprevented prosecution. This branch of morals, which depends... | |
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