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rife upon land, and the price of provi- 

 fions. By fuch encouragement, the in- 

 duftrious poor will find a comfortable 

 fupport. I fay the induflrious ; becaufe 

 I do not know any fcheme, or any law 

 that can alter the difpofition, and force 

 people to be induflrious, whether they 

 will or no. And from hence, I con- 

 ceive, it has, in part, happened, that 

 much wifer heads than mine have been 

 puzzled how to make any effedual 

 amendment to our Poor-Laws. The late 

 'Edivlof Hardwicke» and S'l^ Richard Lloyd, 

 it is well known, had this point long 

 under confideration ; and the, refult was, 

 that with all their large experience, and 

 confefled abilities, they were obliged to 

 leave the matter juft as they found it. 

 The loud cries of the poor have now a- 

 frerti excited the attention of the legifla- 

 ture. Houfes of induftry, as they are 

 called, feem now to be the favourite ob- 

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