 | Frederic Harrison - 1894 - 504 стор.
...deserts around them into gardens.' ' Give a man,' he adds, in a phrase which is now a proverb, 'the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn...; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.' What has made all this misery ? he cries again and again ; what has... | |
 | 1912 - 620 стор.
...farmer-economist of England, said years ago, "The magic of property turns sand into gold. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden." And Adam Smith in his epoch-making book, "The Wealth of Nations," wrote nearly a century ago, "A small... | |
 | 1895 - 914 стор.
...disgrace to common sense to ask the cause: the enjoyment of property munt have done it. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn...garden; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert." Again, November 7, 1787. " Walk to Rosendale [in Flanders]. Between... | |
 | William Tallack - 1896 - 690 стор.
...and has clothed the very rocks with verdure. The enjoyment of property has done it. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden." And Miss BETHAM EDWARDS, in writing of " France of to-day," speaks of : — " The almost entire self-sufficingness... | |
 | William Tallack - 1896 - 512 стор.
...has clothed the very rocks with verdure. The enjoyment of property has done it. Give a man the wcure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden." And Miss BETHAM EDWARDS, in writing of " France of to-day," speaks of : — " The almost entire self-sufficingness... | |
 | 1897 - 340 стор.
...the masses intolerable. On one occasion, indeed, he does say that though the people of Burgundy and possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into...garden; give him a nine years' lease of a garden and he will convert it into a desert." — Travels in France, Bohn, 1890, p. 54. 1 Jefferson to John Page.... | |
 | Charles Downer Hazen - 1897 - 352 стор.
...the masses intolerable. On one occasion, indeed, he does say that though the people of Burgundy and possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into...garden; give him a nine years' lease of a garden and he will convert it into a desert." — Travels in France, Bohn, 1890, p. 54. 'Jefferson to John Page.... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1899 - 488 стор.
...wood. Windmills and cottages, shops and villages, nothing excluded except nature. . . . Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn...; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert. We passed by Chantilly to Morefountain, the country seat of MorefonUiae.... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1899 - 472 стор.
...wood. Windmills and cottages, shops and villages, nothing excluded except nature. . . . Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn...; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert. We passed by Chantilly to Morefountain, the country seat of Morefontaine.... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1899 - 474 стор.
...wood. Windmills and cottages, shops and villages, nothing excluded except nature. . . . Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn...; give him a nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert. We passed by Chantilly to Morefountain, the country seat of Morefontaine.... | |
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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. 
