| 单词 | poor law |
| 例句 | It was built in the late 19th century to treat patients who didn't qualify for poor law hospitals, but who couldn't afford medical bills. Campaign to save listed Manchester building continues 2012-07-10T13:37:09Z Like a modern Labor Party politician, Cromwell tries to pass poor laws and work programs in the face of mighty resistance from Parliament and the aristocracy. “Tubes”: What the Internet is made of 2012-05-28T00:30:00Z She was elected to the Nantwich Board of Guardians, who administered the poor law, and also travelled around the country speaking for the ILP. Ada Nield Chew: The factory girl who fought for women’s rights 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z Corruption, poor law enforcement and armed conflict have left West and Central Africa vulnerable to international criminals and made the region a hotbed of ivory and pangolin scale trafficking to Asia in recent years. U.S. curbs visas for eight alleged wildlife traffickers in Congo 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Diana Arias, who started the petition, wrote that “domestic violence is a serious concern for everyone” and Harwick “was murdered as a result of poor laws not protecting the victims and treating the offenders.” Drew Carey endorses petition to reform domestic violence laws following death of ex-fiancee Amie Harwick 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Dickens was not the only writer to expose the horrors of the poor laws. Breaking up families? America looks like a Dickens novel 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z By the closing decades of the 19th century, hundreds of thousands of people – a total close to the population of Liverpool – were still using the poor law every year. Why we need the welfare state more than ever 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z “This was not a case of the Wetterlings saying that that they wanted this looked into because of poor law enforcement – they just wanted to find their son,” Baran said. Jacob Wetterling podcast: 'This case changed American childhood' 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z "Mass surveillance of American's social media speech is both constitutionally problematic and a poor law enforcement policy," she says. CIA Tech Firm Seeks More Social Media Spying 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z However, she said the state can’t simply choose to close up shop when poor laws are in place. Wyoming House rejects Medicaid expansion amendment 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The BJP leader criticised Mr Yadav's party, which is ruling the state, for failing to stop religious riots and poor law and order situation in the state, reports say. Indian media: Battleground state 2014-03-03T07:13:25Z Booth’s research threw light on dark corners of Britain and implied that the poor were a much bigger group than even the government’s statistics on the number of poor law claimants suggested. Why we need the welfare state more than ever 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Ceredigion MP Mark Williams wants criminal legislation based on 1868 poor laws to be updated to include emotional and psychological abuse. Bid to change child neglect laws 2013-06-30T12:39:39Z These groups operate with near-impunity, which is partly a symptom of the military and intelligence establishment's ambivalent relationship to extremism, and partly to do with the poor law and order situation. Pakistan faces violence in a supposed time of peace 2012-11-19T14:30:04Z A statement, for example, of the criminal law, of the law relating to public health, or of the poor law, lies outside its scope. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z People talk of the poor laws as a grievance. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z The poor law, established in 1601, at the end of Elizabeth I’s reign, made Britain’s guarantee of help for the destitute unique among European nations. Why we need the welfare state more than ever 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Ireland needs a just and beneficent poor law. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z An adequate system of co-operation would preserve the privilege of the voluntary hospitals, which save such patients from the necessity of requiring the relief which it is the object of the poor law to supply. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z In those days there were no poor laws; for the monks provided for all the wants of the indigent. Mellifont Abbey, Co. Louth Its Ruins and Associations, a Guide and Popular History 2012-02-29T03:00:24.937Z By the poor law, 4 and 5 William IV., c. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z The theory was deterrence: make the poor law frightening and only the most desperate – those truly in need – would trouble the authorities and public purse. Why we need the welfare state more than ever 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The mass cannot wait for the meager relief of poor laws. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z There undoubtedly is considerable overlapping between the voluntary hospitals and the poor law in Great Britain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Yesterday I visited a large Government Asylum for women ... no poor law here. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z On similar grounds, A. Young laments that the increase of proletarians is greatly hindered by the English poor laws. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Emancipation in West Indies takes place, August ist; new poor law in England, August 14th; insurrection headed by Mazzini in Italy. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z The poor law was also amended, absolute religious liberty was proclaimed, and he even succeeded in inventing and popularizing a national costume which was in general use from 1778 till his death. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z To these reformers the free migration of labour, the abolition of that abomination of the poor law which prevented the poor from leaving their parishes, was as nothing compared with allotments. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z Its evolution is traceable from the first poor laws, all down the long succeeding line of those dealing with education, health, labor and recreation. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z There are no poor laws in operation at Munich, no mendicity societies, no tract, and soup and blanket charities; yet pauperism, mendicity, and starvation, are nearly unknown. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z I can neither agree with Adam Smith nor with you in 326, 328: a maximum tends to discourage future production; an undue increase of wages, or poor laws, tend to promote it. Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus, 1810-1823 2011-06-09T02:00:21.460Z The results of elections in which a small proportion of the eligible voters take part, are poor laws and incompetent or corrupt government. Anti-Suffrage Essays 2011-03-28T02:00:24.710Z Every protester was proudly pointed to the repeal of the corn laws, the revision of the poor laws, the reform act of 1832, and the factory acts. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z The great motive of the framers of the earlier English poor laws was to remedy the latter class of inconveniences; those which affect, or appear to affect the master. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z By the time that old Truman had finished this dissertation on the poor laws, the surgeon had arrived. Christmas Stories 2011-02-27T03:00:31.413Z The new poor law, by throwing the maintenance of the poor on the soil, encouraged landlords to extricate themselves from their responsibilities by evicting their tenants. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z It brought a poor law, cruelly needed in the midst of multiplying evictions. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z The poor laws did not help, they only multiplied the burdens upon the state without taking the load from the poor. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z II., which has generally been considered as the origin of the English poor laws. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z “We are disappointed that the legislators passed such a poor law,” Mr. Millin said. The Texas Tribune: Killed in Texas, but Ineligible for the Victims? Fund 2010-12-17T01:15:16Z The poor law of 1838 had made no provision for the relief of the poor outside the workhouse, and outdoor relief was sanctioned by an act of 1847. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Tim Horton, research director of the Fabian Society, thinks the crucial difference between us and comparable nations is that our system developed from the poor laws of the 16th and 17th century. Our national insurance offers precious little if the axe falls 2010-12-07T22:00:00Z He acquiesced in the poor laws as the easiest way out of a miserable mess; he let private charity take its feeble and intermittent course, paying his rates and giving his donations with self-satisfied sanctity. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z We have said that this act has been treated as the origin of the English poor laws. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z The distinction between the idle and improvident poor and the "deserving" goes back at least to the Elizabethan poor law. The spectre of laissez-faire stalks Britain 2010-06-20T16:00:00Z It passed an Irish poor law and a measure commuting tithes in Ireland into a rent charge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z The system has been much discussed by authorities on the administration of the poor law. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" This was the experience of the old poor law. The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses We believe that the English poor laws originated in selfishness, ignorance, and pride. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z In 1834 he was appointed secretary to the poor law commissioners. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The operation of the system of poor laws has been directly contrary to this. On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation Housing, poor law reform, half-time—these and a host of other matters have been thrust out of the way till statesmen, released from the woes of Ireland, might have time to consider them. The Book of This and That Another cause was the poor laws by which the people were ruled. The Greater Republic A History of the United States It may be useful to mention here that for purposes of the administration of the poor law, overseers no longer act, their duties in that respect having been superseded by the guardians. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" In conjunction with Nassau W. Senior he drafted the celebrated report of 1834 which procured the reform of the old poor law. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Under such circumstances no policy can be more absurd, than that of forcibly regulating money wages by the price of food, as is frequently done, by misapplication of the poor laws. On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation Took part in an inquiry into the condition of the poor in Great Britain, and carried on an aggressive agitation for a reform of the poor laws. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History The anti-slavery, temperance, prison reform, and poor law agitations owe immeasurably to novels. The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. Reform began with the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, grouping the parishes into Unions, making the boards of guardians mainly elective, and creating a central poor law board in London. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" While still officially connected with the poor law he had taken up the question of sanitation in conjunction with Dr Southwood Smith, and their joint labours produced a most salutary improvement in the public health. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The American poor law system is based broadly on that of England, and the methods of relief are much the same. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" The insurance companies were vexed that they had neglected their proper business, others feared that it might undermine the poor law, others again took the pessimist's favourite line that it would be inoperative. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) The punitive authority of elementary school teachers is subject to the regulations of the education authority: that of poor law authorities to the regulation of the Home Office and the Local Government Board. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" In 1782 Gilbert’s Act introduced the grouping of parishes for poor law purposes, and boards of guardians appointed by the justices of the peace. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" In 1832 he was employed by the royal commission appointed to inquire into the operation of the poor laws, and in 1833 he was made a full member of that body. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" By the operation of this plan, the poor laws, those instruments of civil torture, will be superseded, and the wasteful ex-pence of litigation prevented. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 In all England there are thirty-one women poor law guardians. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years He told his deluded p. 48followers that they were oppressed by the laws in general, but more particularly by the new poor law; and called upon them to place themselves under his command. Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign In a long correspondence which I had with Tavistock I urged that his friends ought to give up the appropriation clause, and propose poor laws and payment of the Catholic clergy. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III To buy O’Connell at any price, pay the Catholic Church, establish poor laws, encourage emigration, and repeal the obnoxious taxes and obnoxious laws, are the only expedients which have a chance of restoring order. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II He would break up the poor laws, "these instruments of civil torture." Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Yesterday morning Miss Frances Lord—a poor law guardian—escorted us through Lambeth workhouse. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years We are told that he was compelled by the old poor law regulations to wed a girl he had injured. Bygone Punishments Since competitive industry has its beginnings in England, the study of the English poor laws is instructive. Introduction to the Science of Sociology No poor law provides for him when unable to work, or brings up his children for our service when we need them. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject The Surgeon also talked much about the poor laws; and the taxes to support the vast number of the poor in England. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. These warnings fell unheeded, until the strain of long-continued war, bad harvests, harsh poor laws, and exorbitant taxes on the necessities of life conspired to goad the people to the verge of open rebellion. Lord John Russell Education was to become universal, and there was to be a poor law; in case of oppression, insurrection was declared a duty as well as a right, and usurpation was punishable with death. Lectures on the French Revolution And while Swing and his myrmidons were abroad in the counties, and could scarcely be kept down by yeomanry and poor law guardians, the great towns were in almost worse case. Tom Brown at Oxford It is worthy of notice that, while Grenville's ministry was in office, Whitbread brought forward an elaborate plan not only for reforming the poor laws but also for establishing a system of national education. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) He had nothing but loathing for the pregnant girl who tries to break her 'fall' by taking advantage of the 'poor laws.' An Anarchist Woman A poor law then must be attended by checks on population as effective as those of Nature herself; and from their artificial character necessarily more offensive, revolting, and difficult to enforce. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 Wherever a poor law is established, it must, we conceive, be fully and fairly enforced against those liable in relief, to the extent of what is imposed upon them. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. First among these stood the new poor law, the provisions of which were vigorously carried out in most districts. Tom Brown at Oxford Those who could not pay rent were liable to eviction, and eviction was a more cruel fate then than now, since there was no poor law in Ireland. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Injudicious charities, or an extravagant and too indulgent poor law administration, inevitably discourage industry and thrift, and usually increase the poverty they were intended to cure. The Map of Life Conduct and Character What government can do, therefore, is to maintain such institutions as may strengthen the vis medicatrix, or desire to better our condition, which poor laws had directly tended to weaken.' Studies in Literature and History He was deeply sensible of the distress of the poor, and, in 1795, brought in a bill for the amendment of the poor law. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration In what States in America is there any poor law? A Tramp's Notebook The great event of parliamentary history in 1834, and the crowning achievement of the first reformed parliament, was the enactment of the "new poor law," as it was long called. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) The poor laws, though calculated to eradicate this spirit, have only partially succeeded. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics The state of the poor laws all over the country had long been attracting the attention of thoughtful, philanthropic, and at the same time practical men. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV "I am unfortunately a poor law student, madam—I have little time for visits." The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 Hence those reformers enacted not only a new reform bill but also a new poor law. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens The irregular development of the poor laws, from the act of Elizabeth down to that of 1834, belongs to economic rather than to general history. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) Further, the poor laws discourage frugality, and diminish the power and the will of the common people to save, and they live from hand to mouth without thought of the future. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics It was urged that the operation of the legalized poor law relief could only create new pauperism wherever its unwholesome touch was felt. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV The whole system of casual poor law relief is about as rotten and as stupid as it can be, and its administration is in itself a scandal. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile In failure of this, such negro, etc., may be hired out and the proceeds applied to his benefit, or removed from the State under the poor law. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens This measure—the municipal corporations act—was preceded, like the new poor law, by a thorough and exhaustive inquiry. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) The poor laws of England tend to depress the general condition of the poor in two ways. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics The chief source of the acute state of English pauperism it found in the poor law itself. Selected Essays The question that excited most interest in the canvass was the new poor law. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 At the opening of the century rural administration was carried on principally in the shire or county and the civil or "poor law" parish; urban administration in the corporate towns, or municipal boroughs. The Governments of Europe But it had been coupled in the king's speech with two other projects of Irish legislation, a new tithe bill, and an Irish poor law. The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) In view of all these facts I do not propose a law to prevent the poor from marrying, but I propose a very gradual abolition of the poor laws. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics The poor law of Elizabeth has been superseded by a much poorer law of William the Fourth, the one great principle of which is, to afford the luxury of divorce to persons in needy circumstances. Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 In his address Mr. Gladstone only touched on the poor law and the corn law. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 It began with the reform of the poor law in 1834; and although it has been found possible to relax greatly the stringency of the poor-law regulations that were then made, it has steadily continued. Historical and Political Essays The new poor law for that country also much engaged the attention of both Houses this session. Lord George Bentinck A Political Biography Enactment of the earliest "poor law in England." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 The poor law authorities state that the cost to the empire of alcoholism in all its forms of poverty, crime, and disease amounts to some $13,000,000 a year. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Until poor law reform has made further progress, to establish a compulsory system of Labour Exchanges would only increase and not diminish the miseries with which we are seeking to cope. Liberalism and the Social Problem There is no poor law as yet in Spain. Spanish Life in Town and Country In Elizabeth's reign the first effective English poor law was passed. The Leading Facts of English History The beneficent institution of the poor law does not exist among savages, in order to enable the helpless and incompetent to bring up families in their own image. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Sensible men cried out for the total abolition of the poor laws, the worst effects of which were still to be felt. A Short History of English Agriculture This is one reason why some system of poor laws should be introduced into the country. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three In the next place it may be possible to mitigate the operation of our present poor law system in all cases of destitution through misadventure. Crime and Its Causes We can thus trace our poor law in the whole course of its growth, and into two stages through which it passed I must enter with some minuteness. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) The poor law system—then a new experiment in Ireland—broke down hopelessly, and agitators were not slow to improve the occasion by denouncing the "callousness" of the Imperial Government. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union We ought not to enter into the subject of the poor laws hastily, or at an inopportune period like the present. Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century Indeed, it is astonishing how any man can, for a moment, hesitate to form his opinion upon the subject of poor laws. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three The new poor law was essentially unpopular; its principles were established by economists; its enactment was due to the Whigs, supported, as it should always be remembered to his credit, by the Duke of Wellington. England's Case Against Home Rule In vain were attempts made to stay progress by labor laws and poor laws and corn laws. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making The public works consisted principally of roads, on which, the men were employed as a sort of supplement to the poor law. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times It should be recollected that some of the greatest men that ever lived in England—including Mr. Pitt and Mr. Whitbread—attempted to deal with the difficult subject of the poor laws, and failed. Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century It is to be feared, however, that their disinclination to introduce poor laws arises less from actual ignorance, than from an illiberal selfishness. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three It is the same story, from the first chapter to the last, in education, poor law, public works, relief Acts, even in coercion Acts—lazy, uninformed, and irreflective good intention. Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question In 1849 the Irish poor law guardians were given authority to borrow money for such "assistance," as it was called. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making The size of the unions was a great impediment to the working of the poor law. The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times I voted for the Irish poor law bill, and proposed amendments, which, I believe, induced your lordships to pass the bill. Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century Undeveloped though the poor law system was in Ireland at the time of the famine, it still afforded much relief in many places. The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines The average poor law valuation in Ireland is about equal to that of the poorest East London Unions, where it is £3. Ireland and the Home Rule Movement This is the dry rot of sentimentality that feeds tramps and enacts poor laws such as excite the indignation of Herbert Spencer. Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages The tendency to despise the homely duties of a city councillor or poor law guardian is, however, passing. Cambridge Essays on Education That part of the law of which the noble earl complains most, namely, the existence of the poor law commissioners, is, in my opinion, the most important part of it. Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century Any law that is not enforced is a poor law. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation Bentham wrote voluminously on morals, on rewards and punishments, on the poor laws, on education, on law reform, on the codification of laws, on special legislative measures, on a vast variety of subjects. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Our present poor laws keep the injured laboring man from starvation. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle We build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed and the sick; we institute poor laws; our medical experts exert their utmost skill to save the lives of every one to the last moment. In His Image We must take care that their property shall not be left at the disposal of such miscreants, and we must make the poor law commissioners do their duty. Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century The fact that Elizabethan poor laws were based on the best-approved parish customs made them perdurable. The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects It is not surprising to find that the draft Order meets with the disapproval of many women engaged in poor law work. Women Workers in Seven Professions Under him, as sanitary officers, are all the medical men who form the poor law medical staff. Hygeia, a City of Health It is a strange error to conceive that English monasteries, before the dissolution, fed the indigent part of the nation, and gave that general relief which the poor laws are intended to afford. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 572, October 20, 1832 There is a poor law in operation and there are work-houses provided by the State. Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" As the reign advanced the parish developed a selfish, jealous and exclusive gild life of its own, especially under the operation of the poor laws. The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects He passed a "poor law" which was meant to help the destitute farmers. The Story of Mankind We are richer and freer, we have no policemen, no poor laws. Twilight in Italy There were no poor laws, and union workhouses, and hospitals. English Villages He was in 1818 appointed Prebendary of Southwell, and, all his life, took an active interest and prominent part in the administration of the poor laws and the welfare of the poor. Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 All the experience of two hundred years of charity and poor law legislation sustains that. Mankind in the Making There are no poor laws, and the struggle for life is very severe; yet the aged and infirm, the widow and the orphan have their allotted share in the earnings of every household. Tales of Bengal What credit to you if you need no poor laws, when you pack off your children, as fast as they grow up, to clear more ground westward? Two Years Ago, Volume II. Difficult, almost impossible, as such discrimination between deserving and undeserving is, it is felt that any genuine reform of our present poor law system demands that some attempt in this direction should be made. Problems of Poverty In the first place, there has been reform of the poor laws. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 The whole administration of the poor law is complained of pretty universally in this style. The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland One novel is a pamphlet against lunatic asylums, another against model prisons, a third against the poor law, a fourth against the government offices, a fifth against trade unions. Lectures and Essays The poor laws are simple: government gives nine bushels of rice to every person over seventy or under fifteen years of age, who cannot work, and the same to foundlings under thirteen. Round the World The eternal dilemma of the poor law will be present there. Problems of Poverty The poor laws are strongly calculated to eradicate this spirit. An Essay on the Principle of Population Many of the most urgent activities of government in England, such as the administration of the poor law and the restriction of vagabondage, almost ceased in the colonies. American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 By the operation of this plan, the poor laws, those instruments of civil torture, will be superseded, and the wasteful expense of litigation prevented. Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man To relieve poverty poor laws were passed; to prevent the decline of productivity corn laws were passed fixing arbitrary prices for grain. The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners Our present poor law practically fails to relieve the bulk of the really destitute. Problems of Poverty These evils attendant on the poor laws are in some degree irremediable. An Essay on the Principle of Population In 1598 vigorous letters were sent to the various counties calling the attention of the justices to the recently enacted poor law, and requiring them to see it put into execution. American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 The poor laws of England were undoubtedly instituted for the most benevolent purpose, but there is great reason to think that they have not succeeded in their intention. An Essay on the Principle of Population Wages steadily decreased during the two hundred years in which this statute remained in force, and poor laws were passed to bring the succor which artificial wages made necessary. The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners The "poor law," on the one hand, assigns a meaning too narrow for our purpose, confining the application of the name to "the destitute," who alone are recognized as fit subjects of legal relief. Problems of Poverty The poor laws of England tend to depress the general condition of the poor in these two ways. An Essay on the Principle of Population By the great poor law of 1597 the church-wardens, along with four overseers of the poor appointed each year at Easter by the justices, had the whole charge of the relief of the poor. American Nation: a history — Volume 1: European Background of American History, 1300-1600 |
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