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A sermon preached in the chapel of the Asylum for Female Orphans , at the anniversary meeting of the guardians of that charity, May 19, 1774. By George Horne, D. D. President of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty.
Horne, George 1730-1792.Date: 1774- E-books
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Serious considerations on the salutary design of the Act of Parliament for a regular, uniform register of the parish-poor in all the parishes within the Bills of Mortality. Pointing out the Humanity and Utility which will attend the due Execution Thereof:-The Inefficacy of past Attempts relating to such Infants-The Necessity of sending them to nurse at a proper Distance in the Country:-The pecuniary Value of a Life to the Community:-The Duty of repairing as much as possible the Loss created by War:-And the Importance of increasing our Numbers at Home and Abroad, as the truest Means of supporting our Independency as a Nation. To which are added, some thoughts on the usefulness of ventilation; the pernicious Effects of bad Air, narrow Streets, and ruined Houses; the Advantages of Cleanliness and decent Cloathing in Workhouses, and the honorable Esteem in which Parish-Officers ought to be held, when they discharge their Duty. In two letters addressed to a churchwarden.
Hanway, Jonas 1712-1786.Date: 1762- E-books
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A sermon preached in the cathedral church of St. Paul, London: on Thursday, June the 12th, 1783 . being the time of the yearly meeting of the children educated in the charity-schools, in and about the cities of London and Westminster. By the Reverend George Horne, D. D. Dean of Canterbury, and President of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford. Published at the Request of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, And the Trustees of the several Schools. To which is annexed, An account of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Horne, George 1730-1792.Date: 1783