The History of England From the Accession of James Ii. 1
The History of England From the Accession of James Ii. 1
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-There can hardly be a more important test of the condition of the common people than the ratio which this class bears to the whole society. At * King in his Natural and Political Conclusions roughly estimated the common people of England at 880,000 £unilies. Of these tami- lies 440,000, according to him, ate anieial food twice a week. The remaining 44 "",000 ate it not at all, or at mo9t not oftener than once • week.
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present the men, women, and children who receive ...relief are in bad years, one tenth of the inhabitants of England, and in good years, one thirteenth. Gregory King estimated them in his time at more than a fiflh ; and this estimate, which ail our respect for his authority will scarcely prevent us fronn calling extravagant, was pronounced by Davenant eminently judicious.
We are not quite without the means of forming an esti- mate for ourselves. The poor rate was undoubtedly the heaviest tax borne by our ancestors in those days. It was computed, in the reign of Charles the Second, at near seven hundred thousand pounds a year, much more than the prod- uce either of the excise or of the customs, and little less than half the entire revenue of the crown.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
-There can hardly be a more important test of the condition of the common people than the ratio which this class bears to the whole society. At * King in his Natural and Political Conclusions roughly estimated the common people of England at 880,000 £unilies. Of these tami- lies 440,000, according to him, ate anieial food twice a week. The remaining 44 "",000 ate it not at all, or at mo9t not oftener than once • week.
28* 33U HISTO&T or ENGLANB.
present the men, women, and children who receive ...relief are in bad years, one tenth of the inhabitants of England, and in good years, one thirteenth. Gregory King estimated them in his time at more than a fiflh ; and this estimate, which ail our respect for his authority will scarcely prevent us fronn calling extravagant, was pronounced by Davenant eminently judicious.
We are not quite without the means of forming an esti- mate for ourselves. The poor rate was undoubtedly the heaviest tax borne by our ancestors in those days. It was computed, in the reign of Charles the Second, at near seven hundred thousand pounds a year, much more than the prod- uce either of the excise or of the customs, and little less than half the entire revenue of the crown.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay to read onlineMoreLess
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