 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 372 sider
...poor, of the great body of the people, seems t6 be the happiest and the most comfortable. It is hard In the stationary, and miserable in the declining,...the stationary is dull ; the declining melancholy. The liberal reward of labour, as it encourages the propagation, so it increases the industry of the... | |
 | Robert Grant - 1813 - 492 sider
...in the stationary, and miserable in the declining, state of the society, thus expresses himself: " The progressive state is, in reality, " the cheerful and the hearty state to all the dif" ferent orders of the society. The stationary is " dull ; the declining melancholy." But, if this... | |
 | John Weyland - 1816 - 556 sider
...labouring poor, of the great body of the people, seems to be the happiest and most comfortable. It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining...melancholy," Any system, which professes to found the happiness of a people upon measures having a tendency to produce either of these last-mentioned states,... | |
 | 610 sider
...happiest and most comfortable. It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in tbe declining state. Tbe progressive state is in reality the cheerful and the hearty state to all the different orders of society. The stationary is dull — the declining melancholy." — SMITH'S WEALTH OF NATIONS. Hooping... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1826 - 600 sider
...poor, of the great body of the people, seems to be the happiest and the most comfortable. It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining...stationary is dull •, the declining, melancholy."' A great commercial Wealth of Nations, b. i, c. 8. and naval people could never arrive at either of... | |
 | 1826 - 1138 sider
...poor, of the great body of the people, seems to be the happiest and the most comfortable. It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining...-the society. The stationary is dull ; the declining, melancholy."1 A great commercial 1 Wealth of Nations, b. i, c. 8. and naval people could never arrive... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1826 - 596 sider
...poor, of the great body of the people, seems to be the happiest and the most comfortable. It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining state. The progressive state is in realky the cheerful and the hearty state to all the different orders of the society. The stationary... | |
 | Samuel Read - 1829 - 440 sider
...the happiest and the most comfortable. It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining. The progressive state is in reality the cheerful and...society. The stationary is dull, the declining melancholy ."% Now, this is a perfectly accurate description of what will happen to a country under bad government... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1830 - 752 sider
...necessary effect and cause of the greatest public prosperity. The condition of the labourer is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining...and the hearty state to all the different orders of society. The stationary is dull — the declining melancholy." — If we are in danger of falling into... | |
 | William Huskisson - 1831 - 708 sider
...necessary effect and cause of the greatest public prosperity. The condition of the lahourer is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining...and the hearty state to all the different orders of society. The stationary is dull—the declining melancholy." If we are in danger of falling into this... | |
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... poor, of the great body of the people, seems to be the happiest and the most comfortable. It is hard in the stationary, and miserable in the declining state. The progressive state is in reality the cheerful and the hearty state to all the different... 
