 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1845 - 376 pagina’s
...United States, and especially of New England. Not only is it common for rich capitalists to leave by will a portion of their fortune towards the endowment...entail or primogeniture, as in England, so that the aflluent feel themselves at liberty to share their wealth between their kindred and the public; it... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1845 - 720 pagina’s
...United States, and especially of New England. Not only is it common for rich capitalists to leave by will a portion of their fortune towards the endowment...institutions, but individuals during their lifetime make 210 SALE OF BOOKS. CHAP. XIII. magnificent grants of money for the same objects. There is here no compulsory... | |
 | 1846 - 674 pagina’s
...will a portion of their fortunes ' towards the endowment of national institutions, but indivi1 duals during their lifetime make magnificent grants of money ' for the same objects.' He informs us, that the bequests and donations made during the last thirty years in the state of Massachusetts... | |
 | J. C. Myers - 1849 - 498 pagina’s
...and especial the State of Massachusetts. — Not only is it common for rich capitalists to leave by will, a portion of their fortune towards the endowment...France; and on the other hand, no custom of entail or primojeniture, as in England: so that the affluent foeltherr.selves at liberty to shJre their wealth... | |
 | J. C. Myers - 1849 - 502 pagina’s
...but individuals during their lifetime, make magnificent "rants of money for the same ' n • "• J objects. There is here no compulsory law for the equal...custom of entail or primogeniture, as in England; «o that the affluent feeUhemselves at liberty to share their wealth between their kindred and the... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1852 - 640 pagina’s
...United States, and especially of New England. Not only is it common for rich capitalists to leave by will a portion of their fortune towards the endowment...among children, as in France, and on the other hand, uo custom of entail or primogeniture, as in England, so that the affluent feel themselves at liberty... | |
 | Alfred Elwes - 1872 - 306 pagina’s
...Sttijtiten. 7 It — more, er i(J mel)r baS $vocuct " Grants of money, ®e(bfi$m. be* fficiftrt. fungcn. for the same objects. There is here no compulsory...the equal partition of property among children, as irr France ; and, on the other hand,2 no custom of entail or primogeniture, as in England : so that... | |
 | Willem Petrus Wolterbeek - 1857 - 170 pagina’s
...United States, and espceially of New-Euglaud. Notorely is it common for rich capitalists to leave by will a portion of their fortune towards the endowment...of national institutions , but individuals during thcir lifetime make magnificent grants of money for the same der Vereenigde Staten , hoewel afstammeling... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1866 - 628 pagina’s
...United SUtes, and especially of New England. Not only is it common for rich capitalists to leave by will a portion of their fortune towards the endowment...partition of property among children, as in France, and on tbe other hand, no custom of entail or primogeniture, as in England, so that the affluent feel themselves... | |
 | Carl Adolf Buchheim - 1868 - 296 pagina’s
...of money, ©cltfrt>enfun= te« (SciftcS. SOU for the same objects. There is here no compulsory law 1 for the equal partition of property among children, as in France; and, on the other hand, 2 no custom of entail or primogeniture, as in England: so that the affluent 3 feel themselves at liberty... | |
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Munificent bequests and donations for public purposes, whether charitable or educational, form a striking feature in the modern history of the United States, and especially of New England. Not only is it common for rich capitalists to leave by will a... 
