 If we were to prophesy that in the year 1930 a population of fifty millions, better fed, clad and lodged than the English of our time, will cover these islands, that Sussex and Huntingdonshire will be wealthier than the wealthiest parts of the...  The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce - Page 8by Deirdre Nansen McCloskey - 2010 - 634 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 520 pages
...single breaker may recede, but the lide is evidently coming in. If we were to prophesy thal, in tho 1930, a population of fifty millions, better fed, clad, and lodged than the English of our lime, will cover thesn islands, — that Sussex and Huntingdonshire will be wealthier than tlui wealthiest... | |
 | 1835 - 916 pages
...millions, belter fed, clad, and lodged than Ihe English of our lime, will cover these» islands, — lhat Sussex and Huntingdonshire will be wealthier than the wealthiest parts of the West Biding of Yorkshire now are, — that cultivalion, rich as lhal of a flower garden, will bo carried... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 920 pages
...single breaker may recede, but the tide is evidently coming in. If we were to prophesy that, in Ihe 1930, a population of fifty millions, better fed, clad, and lodged than Ihe English of our lime, will cover these islands,— lhal Sussex and Hunlingdonshire will be wealthier... | |
 | 1839 - 444 pages
...not take." What language would he hold now ? " If we were to prophesy," says the Edinburgh Review, " that in the year 1930, a population of fifty millions,...lodged than the English of our time, will cover these islands—that Sussex and Huntingdonshire will be wealthier than the wealthiest parts of the West Riding... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1840 - 466 pages
...no doubt. A single breaker may recede, but the tide is evidently coming in. If we were to prophecy that in the year 1930, a population of fifty millions,...will be wealthier than the wealthiest parts of the West-Riding of Yorkshire now are ; that cultivation, rich as that of a flower-garden, will be carried... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 390 pages
...general tendency there can be no doubt. A single breaker may recede, hut the tide is evidently coming in. If we were to prophesy that in the year 1930, a population...will be wealthier than the wealthiest parts of the West-Riding of Yorkshire now are; that cultivation, rich as that of a flower-garden, will be carried... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...general tendency there can be no doubt. A single breaker may recede, but the tide is evidently coming in. acaulay West-Riding of Yorkshire now are ; that cultivation, rich as that of a flowergarden, will be carried... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...general tendency there can be no doubt. A single breaker may recede, but the tide is evidently coming in. If we were to prophesy that in the year 1930, a population...will be wealthier than the wealthiest parts of the West-Riding of Yorkshire now are ; that cultivation, rich as that of a flowergarden, will be carried... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...general tendency there can be no doubt. A single breaker may recede, but the tide is evidently coming in. If we were to prophesy that in the year 1930, a population...will be wealthier than the wealthiest parts of the West-Riding of Yorkshire now are ; that cultivation, rich as that of a flowergarden, will be earned... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1856 - 770 pages
...general tendency there can be no doubt. A single breaker may recede, but the tide is evidently coming in. If we were to prophesy that in the year 1930, a population of fifty millions, better fed, clad, ami judged than the English of our time, will cover these islands ; that Sussex and Huntingdonshire... | |
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