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" was profound and admirable, in making farms and houses of husbandry of a standard ; that is, maintained with such a proportion of land unto them as may breed a subject to live in convenient plenty, and no servile condition, and to keep the plough in the... "
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy - Page 841
by Karl Marx - 1906 - 869 pages
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James Harrington's Oceana, Volume 4

James Harrington - Utopias - 1924 - 412 pages
...followeth more plainly in his praise of the profound and admirable device of Panurgus King of Oceana, in making Farms and houses of Husbandry of a Standard,...no servile condition, and to keep the Plough in the hand of the owners, and not meer hirelings: and thus [oo] indeed (saith he) you shall attain unto Virgil's...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1926 - 332 pages
...I have spoken largely in the 120 History of his Life) was Profound and Admirable, In making Farmes and houses of Husbandry of a Standard,— That is,...such a Proportion of Land -unto them as may breed a Subiect to live in Convenient Plenty, and no Servile Condition; And to keepe" the Plough in 125 the...
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Harrington: 'The Commonwealth of Oceana' and 'A System of Politics'

James Harrington - History - 1992 - 342 pages
...followeth more plainly in his praise of the profound and admirable device of Panurgus King of Oceana, in making farms and houses of husbandry of a standard;...in the hands of the owners and not mere hirelings; and thus indeed (saith he) you shaH attain unto Virgil's character which he gives of ancient Italy...
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Francis Bacon: History, Politics and Science, 1561-1626

B. H. G. Wormald - History - 1993 - 436 pages
...population, hath been (nevertheless) an over match And herein the device of king Henry the Seventh ... was profound and admirable, in making farms and houses...convenient plenty, and no servile condition...” But England is not neglected by Machiavelli. According to Discourse I (2!): ‘It is indeed the truest...
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Francis Bacon: History, Politics and Science, 1561-1626

B. H. G. Wormald - History - 1993 - 436 pages
...herein the device of King Henry the Seventh (whereof I have spoken largely in the history of his life) was profound and admirable: in making farms and houses...that is, maintained with such a proportion of land attached inseparably to them, as may breed a subject to live in convenient plenty, and no servile condition;...
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Francis Bacon: History, Politics and Science, 1561-1626

B. H. G. Wormald - History - 1993 - 436 pages
...herein the device of King Henry the Seventh (whereof I have spoken largely in the history of his life) was profound and admirable: in making farms and houses...that is, maintained with such a proportion of land attached inseparably to them, as may breed a subject to live in convenient plenty, and no servile condition;...
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The History of the Reign of King Henry the Seventh

Francis Bacon - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 284 pages
...384-89. See pp. 83, 87-88, 208-9, above. Henry for having divided land so equally and sufficiently as to "breed a subject to live in convenient plenty and no servile condition." 5 As a monarchist, Bacon was unable to push these Machiavellian principles as far as Harrington. Bacon...
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Soundings of Things Done: Essays in Early Modern Literature in Honor of S.K ...

Peter E. Medine, Joseph Anthony Wittreich - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 356 pages
...good soldiers, which the peasants of France do not": And herein the device of king Henry the Seventh.. .was profound and admirable, in making farms and houses...convenient plenty and no servile condition; and to keep the plow in the hands of the owners, and not mere hirelings. And thus indeed you shall attain to Virgil's...
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Bacon: The History of the Reign of King Henry VII and Selected Works

Francis Bacon - History - 1998 - 340 pages
...the device of King Henry the Seventh (whereof I have spoken 3 ' largely in the history of his life) was profound and admirable; in making farms and houses of husbandry” of a standard; 32 that is, maintained with such a proportion of land unto them, as may breed a subject to live in...
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The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 1999 - 276 pages
...largely in the history of his life) was profound and admirable; in making farms and houses of husbandry 3 of a standard;* that is, maintained with such a proportion...them, as may breed a subject to live in convenient 4 plenty and no servile condition; and to keep the plough in the hands of the owners, and not mere...
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