 ... all comparison more dreadful, When the common people of a country live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity; and barley, oats, rice, cheap soups, and potatoes, all present themselves...  The Progress of Society - Pàgina 350per Robert Hamilton - 1830 - 411 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Benjamin Taylor - 1900 - 232 pàgines
...of a country,' he says, ' live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity, and barley,...nourishment ; but when their habitual food is the lowest in this scale, they appear to be absolutely without resource, except in the bark of trees — like the... | |
 | American medical association - 1915 - 372 pàgines
...in England, on wheat, they leave great resources in scarcity; and barley, oats, rye and cheap soup and potatoes all present themselves as less expensive,...food is the lowest in the scale, they appear to be wholly without resource except in the bark of trees like the poor Swedes ; and a great portion of them... | |
 | Victor Clarence Vaughan, Henry Frieze Vaughan, George Truman Palmer - 1923 - 928 pàgines
...in England, on wheat, they leave great resources in scarcity; and barley, oats, rye, and cheap soup and potatoes all present themselves as less expensive, yet at the same time wholesome means of nurishment, but when tlicir habitual food is the lowest in the scale, they appear wholly without resource... | |
 | Redcliffe N. Salaman, William Glynn Burton - 1985 - 772 pàgines
...common people of a country live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity; and barley,...nourishment; but when their habitual food is the lowest in this scale, they appear to be absolutely without resource except in the bark of trees like the poor... | |
 | Thomas Robert Maltus - 2006 - 293 pàgines
...common people of a country live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity; and barley,...nourishment; but when their habitual food is the lowest in this scale, they appear to be absolutely without resource, except in the bark of trees, like the poor... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 2013 - 293 pàgines
...common people of a country live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity; and barley,...nourishment; but when their habitual food is the lowest in this scale, they appear to be absolutely without resource, except in the bark of trees, like the poor... | |
 | Charles Creighton - 1965 - 936 pàgines
...live principally upon the dearest grain, as they do in England on wheat, they have great resources in scarcity; and barley, oats, rice, cheap soups and...nourishment ; but when their habitual food is the lowest in this scale, they appear to be absolutely without resource, except in the bark of trees, like the poor... | |
 | 1915 - 816 pàgines
...in England, on wheat, they leave great resources in scarcity ; and barley, oats, rye and cheap soup and potatoes all present themselves as less expensive,...food is the lowest in the scale, they appear to be wholly without resource except in the bark of trees like the poor Swedes; and a great portion of them... | |
 | 1890 - 774 pàgines
...dearest grain, as they do in Eugland on wheat, they have great resources in a scarcity, and barley, oat?, rice, cheap soups, and potatoes all present themselves...nourishment ; but when their habitual food is the lowest in this scale, they appear to be absolutely without resource, except in the bark of trees — like the... | |
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