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67 It is observable that Swift here speaks of labour, by which he means the sale of labour, as a source of income, on which alone a labourer ought not to rely in venturing upon marriage. Hence it seems reasonable to infer, that in his time the number of small capitals, small properties, or small holdings of land, all of which would operate in the nature of a houseman's place in Norway, was much greater, in proportion to the population, than at present, and extended, perhaps, to the great