Sir Thomas More: Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society, Volume 1J. Murray, 1829 - 849 pages "His Colloquies of Society (1829) is a calm exposition of his mature social and political convictions: rejection of the Catholic claims and of constitutional reform, support for high taxation to redistribute wealth, and so on. The conversations are conducted with the ghost of Sir Thomas More, whose Utopia was a remote ancestor of pantisocracy. They are set in the neighbourhood of Keswick, and the beauty of the countryside tempers the generally gloomy tone of the conversation, as does the quiet of his splendid library" -ODNB. |
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Page 54
... greater part of the household were dead . There was every reason to fear that the pestilence would extend into Portugal , both governments being , as usual , slow in providing any measures of precaution , and those measures being ...
... greater part of the household were dead . There was every reason to fear that the pestilence would extend into Portugal , both governments being , as usual , slow in providing any measures of precaution , and those measures being ...
Page 57
... greater , the evils . of one have been communicated to another . Pigs , Spanish dollars , and Norway rats are not the only commodities and incommodities which have performed the circumnavigation , and are to be found wherever European ...
... greater , the evils . of one have been communicated to another . Pigs , Spanish dollars , and Norway rats are not the only commodities and incommodities which have performed the circumnavigation , and are to be found wherever European ...
Page 68
... greater degree of protection than existed to alleviate the lot of the Grecian and Roman slaves . SIR THOMAS MORE . The practical difference between the condi- tion of the feudal slave , * and of the labouring * The Villani were not ...
... greater degree of protection than existed to alleviate the lot of the Grecian and Roman slaves . SIR THOMAS MORE . The practical difference between the condi- tion of the feudal slave , * and of the labouring * The Villani were not ...
Page 70
... greater evil ; for instance , loss of a limb when life is preserved by the sacrifice ; or the acute pain of a remedy by which a chronic disease is cured . Such was slavery in its origin ; a com- mutation for death , gladly accepted as ...
... greater evil ; for instance , loss of a limb when life is preserved by the sacrifice ; or the acute pain of a remedy by which a chronic disease is cured . Such was slavery in its origin ; a com- mutation for death , gladly accepted as ...
Page 77
... greater by his depopulations , and I hope no man will say , he hath grown better by them . Corn - fields are turned to sheep - walks ; once - inhabited towns feede oxen ; and Churches are made shepherds cottages ; and yet the doers of ...
... greater by his depopulations , and I hope no man will say , he hath grown better by them . Corn - fields are turned to sheep - walks ; once - inhabited towns feede oxen ; and Churches are made shepherds cottages ; and yet the doers of ...
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