 | Robert Aspland - 1851 - 780 стор.
...quoted by Mr. Mill, " the magic of property turns sand to gold." " 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." On this point, Mr. Kay contrasts Switzerland... | |
 | 1851 - 462 стор.
...sense to ask the cause ; the enjoyment of property must have done it. 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.'" — Kay, vol. i. pp. 185 — 187.... | |
 | Vincent Scully - 1851 - 296 стор.
...their favor :— "The magic of property transforms sand into gold. 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." After a lapse of sixty years, the... | |
 | Vincent Scully - 1851 - 310 стор.
...their favor : — "The magic of property transforms sand into gold. 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." After a lapse of sixty years, the... | |
 | Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1852 - 584 стор.
...magic of property," says Arthur Young, " transforms sand into gold. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden. Give him a. nine year's kase of a garden und he will turn it into a desert." Fortunately for the interests of mankind, the... | |
 | Ohio. General Assembly - 1852 - 716 стор.
...magic of property," says Arthur Young, " transforms sand into gold. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden. Give him a nine year's lease of a garden and he will turn it into a desert." Fortunately for the interests of mankind, the... | |
 | William M'Combie - 1852 - 116 стор.
...contributed much to produce it. " Give a man," says Arthur Young, " the secure possession of a bare 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." Uncertainty of tenure is fatal to... | |
 | Nathaniel Tyler - 1866 - 80 стор.
...convinced with Arthur Young: " The magic of property turns sand to gold. Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock and he will turn it into a garden. Give him a nine years' lease, and he will convert a garden into a desert." Besides, the negro children will annually... | |
 | Joseph Fisher (F.R.H.S.) - 1866 - 326 стор.
...ownership, exclaimed, ' The magic of property transforms sand into gold : give a man 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.' This will be the conviction of every... | |
 | Joseph Fisher (of Youghal, the younger.) - 1866 - 356 стор.
...ownership, exclaimed, ' The magic of property transforms sand into gold : give a man 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.' This will be the conviction of every... | |
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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. 
