 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1804 - 740 pages
...as they certainly would do, will remain the same ; that is to say, that the produce of this island might be increased every twenty-five years by a quantity equal to what it at present produces. " The most enthusiastic speculator," says he, " cannot suppose a greater increase than this : in a... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Malthusianism - 1807 - 386 pages
...of land in the island " Jike a garden. " If this supposition be applied to the whole *' earth, and if it be allowed that the subsistence *' for man which the earth affords, might be in'* creased every twenty-five years by a quantity " equal to what it at present produces; this will... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Malthusianism - 1807 - 394 pages
...land in the island " like a garden, -'' If this supposition be applied to the whole " earth, and it it be allowed that the subsistence =" for man which the earth affords, might be in" creased evtiy twenty-five years by a quantity " equal to what it at present produces ; this will... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Malthusianism - 1807 - 386 pages
...lan.d in the island " like a garden. " If this supposition be applied to the whole " earth, and it it be allowed that the subsistence " for man which the earth affords, might be inw creased every twenty-five years by a quantity " equal to what it at present produces ; this will... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 576 pages
...garden. 7 Statement of the subject. Ratios of If this supposition l)e applied to the whole earth, and if it be allowed that the subsistence for man which the earth affords, might be increased every twenty -five years by a quantity equal to what it at present produces, this will be supposing a rate... | |
 | Simpkin, Marshall & Co - 1832 - 1114 pages
...unchecked, goes on doubling itself every twenty-five years, or increases in a geometrical ratio." " If it be allowed that the subsistence for man which...any possible exertions of mankind could make it." " Supposing the present population equa? to a thousand millions, the human species would increase as... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Poor - 1840 - 606 pages
...decreasing, which they certainly would do, were to remain the same ; and that the produce of this island might be increased every twenty-five years by a quantity equal to what it at present produces. The most enthusiastic speculator cannot suppose a greater increase than this. In a few centuries it... | |
 | William Blackwood - 1841 - 646 pages
...decreasing, which they certainly would do, were to remain the same, and that the produce of this island might be increased every twenty-five years by a quantity equal to what it at present produces." He says, " the most enthusiastic speculator cannot suppose a greater increase than this;" and extending... | |
 | Sir George Kettilby Rickards - Capital - 1854 - 308 pages
...decreasing, which they certainly would do, were to remain the same; and that the produce of this island might be increased, every twenty-five years, by a quantity equal to what it at present produces. The most enthusiastic speculator cannot suppose a greater increase than this. In a few centuries it... | |
 | sir George Kettilby Rickards - 1854 - 316 pages
...decreasing, which they certainly would do, were to remain the same; and that the produce of this island might be increased, every twenty-five years, by a quantity equal to what it at present produces. The most enthusiastic speculator cannot suppose a greater increase than this. In a few centuries it... | |
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... might be increased every twentyfive years by a quantity equal to what it at present produces. The most enthusiastic speculator cannot suppose a greater increase than this. In a few centuries it would make every acre of land in the island like a garden. 
