An enquiry into the causes of the encrease and miseries of the poor of England : which are shewn to be, I. Taxes, especially excises and customs, II. Luxury, III. Absence of our great men from their countries, IV. Corruption at elections, V. Inclosures of commons, VI. Neglect of apprenticing poor children, VII. Not executing the laws against idle and disorderly people, VIII. The great number of ale houses : occasioned by the work-house scheme : with some objections to it : to which are added, I. A scheme for the publick education of children, II. For the establishment of order, in imitation of King Alfred, III. A proposal for raising the annual supplies by a tax on the incomes and abilities of the subjects, after the example of that great minister Ximines : with a preliminary discourse, on the necessity of a nation's returning to the first principles of religion and morality

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Andrews, Thomas

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