 | Arthur Young - 1792 - Страниц: 586
...fenfe to afk the caufe : the enjoyment of property mufl have done it. Give a man the fecure poffeiTion of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years leafe of a garden, and he will convert it into a delert. To Montadier, over a rough mountain covered... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1793 - Страниц: 710
...fenfe to alk the caufe : the enjoyment of property muft have done it. Give a man the fecure pofleflion of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years leafe of a garden, and he will convert it into a defert. To Montadier, over a rough mountain covered... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1809 - Страниц: 770
...fenfe to aik the cauie : the enjoyment of property muft have done it. Give a man the fecure poflefllon of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine year's leafe of a garden, and he will convert it into a defert. To Montadiér over a rough mountain... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1809 - Страниц: 770
...fenfe to afk the cauie : the enjoyment of property muft have done it. Give a man the fecure pofleffion of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine year's leafe of a garden, and he will convert it into a defert. To Montadier over a rough mountain... | |
 | 1880 - Страниц: 472
...not refrain from quoting the well-known words which Arthur Young wrote to long ;uu as 17S9 : — " Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and...turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years' lease o( a garden aud he will turn it into a desert. The magic of property turns sand into gold." He was... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1840 - Страниц: 568
...possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a * Tour in France, Vol. ip 407. t Ibid. Vol . ip 37. garden : give him a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert."* The beneficial effects of property, therefore, in improving the industrious habits of the persons who obtain... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1840 - Страниц: 564
...would be a disgrace to common sense to ask the cause : the enjoyment of PRO* PERTY must have done it. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a Tour in France, Vol. ip 407. t Ibid. Vol. ip 37. garden : give him a nine years lease of a garden,... | |
 | Colonisation Society - 1848 - Страниц: 38
...possession of c capital is most attractive in : America. So just is the remark of Mr. Arthur Young, " Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock,...garden, and he will convert it into a desert." The amount of land sales in the United States during ten years has averaged more than one million and a... | |
 | Jonathan Pim - 1848 - Страниц: 396
...would be a disgrace to common sense to ask " the cause : the enjoyment of property must have " done it. Give a man the secure possession of a " bleak rock,...a garden, and " he will convert it into a desert." 283 One other instance is adduced, of a country which a short time since suffered the worst evils of... | |
 | Jonathan Pim - 1848 - Страниц: 398
...would be a disgrace to common sense to ask " the cause : the enjoyment of property must have " done it. Give a man the secure possession of a " bleak rock,...a garden, and " he will convert it into a desert." 283 One other instance is adduced, of a country which a short time since suffered the worst evils of... | |
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Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert. 
