 | Robert Chambers - 1890 - 866 halaman
...of ' societies formed by mutual assurance for the relief of the members in seasons of distress ... by which not a creature so miserable or so poor but should claim subsistence as their due, not ask it of charity.' Indeed, it would seem as though Defoe was only seeking to extend the operations... | |
 | John Frome Wilkinson - 1891 - 346 halaman
...of " societies formed by mutual assurance, for the relief of the members in seasons of distress ... by which not a creature so miserable or so poor but should claim subsistence as their due, not ask it of charity." And that versatile author and social reformer alludes to the custom that obtained... | |
 | Russell Montague Garnier - 1895 - 490 halaman
...died out Defoe in 1696 revived public interest in the principle by advocating organisations through which " not a creature so miserable or so poor but should claim subsistence as their due, not ask it as a charity."3 Towards the end of the following century the idea was again ventilated.... | |
 | David Patrick, William Geddie - 1924 - 862 halaman
...societies formed by mutual assurance, tor the relief of the members in seasons of distress, is advocated, by which not a creature so miserable or so poor but should claim subsistence as a due, not asK it of charity. ' Defoe may have taken the hint from societies then in existence, as... | |
 | 1851 - 648 halaman
...poverty of mankind, and at once secure us against beggars, parish-poor, alms-houses, and hospitals ; by which not a creature so miserable or so poor but...subsistence as their due, and not ask it of charity." We have here the seminal idea of all the friendly clubs, savings' banks, and mutual associations, that... | |
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might be improved into methods that should prevent the general misery and poverty of mankind, and at once secure us against beggars, parishpoor, alms-houses, and hospitals ; by which not a creature so miserable or so poor but should claim subsistence... 
