Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social ScienceJohn W. Parker, 1879 - Great Britain The volume for 1886 is a report of the proceedings of the "Conference on temperance legislation, London, 1886." |
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Page 706 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights, explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can, But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Page 166 - Hold thou the good : define it well : For fear divine Philosophy Should push beyond her mark, and be Procuress to the Lords of Hell.
Page 270 - It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people, and wicked and condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant...
Page 129 - That the study of the economic phenomena of society ought to be systematically combined with that of the other aspects of social existence; (2) That the excessive tendency to abstraction and to unreal simplifications should be checked; (3) That the a priori deductive method should be changed for the historical...
Page 200 - ... estate. You are very anxious to get possession of the property you have bought, and the vendor is very anxious to get his money. But do you get possession of the property ? On the contrary, you cannot get the estate, nor can the vendor get his money until after a lapse — sometimes no inconsiderable portion of a man's lifetime — spent in the preparation of abstracts, in the comparison of deeds, in searches for...
Page 227 - Tenant by copy of court roll is, as if a man be seised of a manor within which manor there is a custom, which hath been used time out of mind of man, that certain tenants within the same manor have used to have lands and tenements, to hold to them and their heirs in fee simple, or fee tail, or for term of life, &c. at the will of the lord according to the custom of the same manor.
Page 514 - What bright refreshing spots would these be in the midst of our huge brick and stone labyrinths, if we saw them crowded on summer evenings with the tradespeople and mechanics from the neighbouring streets ; and if the poor children, who now grow up amid the filth and impurities of the alleys and courts, were allowed to run about these play-grounds, so much healthier both for the body and the mind ! We have them all ready — a word may open them.
Page xxiii - ... Association. 5. Such Members, not exceeding fifteen in each Department, as shall be annually nominated by the Standing Committee of each Department. 6. Such Representatives of any Branch or Local Association, not exceeding two, as may be nominated from time to time by such Branch or Local Association. 7. Such Representative of any Society existing in connection with the Association as may be nominated from time to time by such Society. 8. Such Representative of any Learned Society, or Chamber...
Page 199 - You buy an estate at an auction, or you enter into a contract for the purchase of the estate. You are very anxious to get possession of the property you have bought, and the vendor is very anxious to get his money. But do you get possession of the property ? On the contrary, you cannot get the estate, nor can the vendor get his money, until after a lapse, sometimes no inconsiderable portion of a man's lifetime, spent in the preparation of abstracts, in the comparison of deeds, in searches for...