 Were the face of the earth, he says, vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed and overspread with one kind only, as for instance with fennel; and were it empty of other inhabitants, it might in a few ages be replenished from one nation only,...  The Growth of English Industry and Commerce - Stran 558avtor: William Cunningham - 1892Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1756 - 724 strani
...a hundred years exportation of Да ves, that has blackened half America ? 22. There is, in Ihort, no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals, but what is made by their crouding and interfering with each other's means of fubfiftence. Was the face of the earth vacant of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1779 - 610 strani
...rather than to the expulfion of the Moors, or to th« making of new feWlements. 22. There is, in fhort, no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals,...crowding and interfering with each other's means of fubliftence. Was the face of the earth vacant of other plants, it might be graC dually dually fowed... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1807 - 606 strani
...life to increafe beyond the nourifhment prepared for it. It is obferved by Dr. Franklin, that there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals,...is made by their crowding and interfering with each others means of fubfiftence. Were the face of the earth, he fays, vacant of other plants, it might... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 576 strani
...to increase beyond the nourishment prepared for it. . It is observed by Dr. Franklin, that there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals,...is made by their crowding and interfering with each others means of subsistence. Were the face of the earth, he says, vacant of other plants, it might... | |
 | Great Britain. Board of Agriculture - 1814 - 508 strani
...justly remarked by Dr Franklin, " That there is no bound to the prolific nature of animals and plants, but what is made by their crowding and interfering with each other's means of subsistence." Tendency to exceed subsistence. — If the deficiency of food, therefore, has set a natural boundary... | |
 | Simon Gray - 1818 - 550 strani
...prepared for it, is an observation of Dr. Franklin. " It is observed by Dr. Franklin, that there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals,...interfering with each other's means of subsistence. Were the face of the earth," he says, " vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed, and overspread... | |
 | 1821 - 970 strani
...Increase of Mankind," written in 1731, has said, " There is no bound to the prolific nature of plants and animals, but what is made by their crowding and interfering with each other's means of subsistence. Were the face of the earth vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed and overspread with... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1826 - 566 strani
...life to increase beyond the nourishment prepared for it. It is observed by Dr. Franklin, that there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals,...interfering with each other's means of subsistence. Were the face of !be earth, he says, vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed and overspread... | |
 | J. C. Ross - 1827 - 486 strani
...increase, implanted in all animated life, is the one great cause of human unhappiness." That " there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants or animals,...interfering with each other's means of subsistence, is a great truth," and shews the wisdom of the universal Creator; since, had it been otherwise, much,... | |
 | Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture - 1889 - 714 strani
...for it. It is observed by Dr. Franklin that there is no bound to the prolific nature of plants and animals but what is made by their crowding and interfering with each other's means of subsistence. Were the face of the earth vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sown and overspread with one... | |
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