Spain: Her Institutions, Politics, and Public Men: A Sketch, Том 1

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Ticknor, Reed and Fields, 1853 - Всего страниц: 399
 

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Стр. 391 - Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new: That which they have done but earnest of the things that they shall do...
Стр. 327 - ... that, notwithstanding the immense amount of land thrown into the market by the Church confiscations, the value of agricultural property, and of real estate generally, has been steadily increasing throughout the greater part of the kingdom, since the termination of the civil war. Indeed, the Church property itself has commanded an average of nearly double the price at which it was officially assessed, according to the standards of value at the time of its seizure.
Стр. 77 - Spain are not altogether deaf to those convincing arguments which have the ring of metal in them, but I have no doubt that there is a great deal of exaggeration in all such stories.
Стр. 313 - The quantity is inexhaustible, the quality excellent, the working of extraordinary facility, and they possess an easy communication with the sea, yet they are practically useless, and afford only a miserable existence to a few labourers and mules used in conveying the mineral to Gijon.

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