Essays on Mankind and Political Arithmetic by Sir William Petty
page 15 of 129 (11%)
page 15 of 129 (11%)
|
good.
8. How the city of London may be made (morally speaking) invincible. 9. A help to uniformity in religion. 10. That it is possible to increase mankind by generation four times more than at present. 11. The plagues of London is the chief impediment and objection against the growth of the city. 12. That an exact account of the people is necessary in this matter. OF THE GROWTH OF THE CITY OF LONDON: And of the Measures, Periods, Causes, and Consequences thereof By the city of London we mean the housing within the walls of the old city, with the liberties thereof, Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and so much of the built ground in Middlesex and Surrey, whose houses are contiguous unto, or within call of those aforementioned. Or else we mean the housing which stand upon the ninety-seven parishes within the walls of London; upon the sixteen parishes next without them; the six parishes of Westminster, and the |
|