The Census of Great Britain in 1851; Comprising an Account of the Numbers and Distribution of the People, Their Ages, Conjugal Condition, Occupations, and Birth Place with Returns of the Blind, the Deaf-And-Dumb, and the Inmates of Public Institutions. an (9781236384560)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ...state of England with that of France, and held up to reprobation what England had before been invited by the party of the Restoration to imitate. The great moralist of the century, who was not disposed to flatter on such a subject, "praised the ladies of the present age (1776), insisting that they were more faithful to their husbands and more virtuous in every respect than in former times, because their understandings were better cultivated."t As every age has its Lucy Hutchinson or its Lady Rachel Russell, as well as its Castlemaine or its Lady Shrewsbury of the time of Charles the Second, it is not from singular instances that the manners of a people can be inferred, but rather, where facts cannot be defined in numbers, from the general tone of opinion: and the tide of...