Selections from the Speeches and Writings of the Right Honourable Henry, Lord Brougham & Vaux, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain: With a Brief Memoir of His Lordship's Life |
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Page 74
... existence of any permanent fund for the support of the poor - the appropriation of any revenue , however raised , which must peremptorily be expended in main- taining such , as have no other means of sub- sistence - has , upon the whole ...
... existence of any permanent fund for the support of the poor - the appropriation of any revenue , however raised , which must peremptorily be expended in main- taining such , as have no other means of sub- sistence - has , upon the whole ...
Page 75
... on the part of the persons claiming relief , the mode of calling them into existence , and the right to do so , is known , and that has the same effect . in want , is one check to improvident marriages ; CHARITIES . 75.
... on the part of the persons claiming relief , the mode of calling them into existence , and the right to do so , is known , and that has the same effect . in want , is one check to improvident marriages ; CHARITIES . 75.
Page 76
... existence of a certain provision for old age , independent of individual saving , comes within the description of the mischief ; it is , nevertheless , far less detrimental than the exist- ence of an equal fund , for maintaining young ...
... existence of a certain provision for old age , independent of individual saving , comes within the description of the mischief ; it is , nevertheless , far less detrimental than the exist- ence of an equal fund , for maintaining young ...
Page 77
... existence of paupers ; every donor assumed that , indepen- dently of his bounty , there were such needy persons in being , and he intended to relieve them . Could he have foreseen that an altera- tion in the form of his gift must reduce ...
... existence of paupers ; every donor assumed that , indepen- dently of his bounty , there were such needy persons in being , and he intended to relieve them . Could he have foreseen that an altera- tion in the form of his gift must reduce ...
Page 79
... existence . Mr. Pitt was her earliest defender and friend in this country . He died in 1806 ; and but a few weeks after- wards , the first inquiry into the conduct of Her Royal Highness began . He left her a legacy to Mr. Perceval , her ...
... existence . Mr. Pitt was her earliest defender and friend in this country . He died in 1806 ; and but a few weeks after- wards , the first inquiry into the conduct of Her Royal Highness began . He left her a legacy to Mr. Perceval , her ...
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