An Inquiry Into the Various Systems of Political Economy: Their Advantages and Disadvantages; and the Theory Most Favourable to the Increase of National WealthHenry Colburn, 1812 - 492 sider |
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Side 17
... nations , must be investigated . It must be known whether the disastrous effects of which wealth is accused , spring from its nature or from extraneous causes . It must , in fine , be ascertained whether wealth has been the parent of ...
... nations , must be investigated . It must be known whether the disastrous effects of which wealth is accused , spring from its nature or from extraneous causes . It must , in fine , be ascertained whether wealth has been the parent of ...
Side 20
... nations . Ancient history , and the records of the middle age , continually exhibit the passion for wealth to the philosophical observer as an obstacle to the safety , liberty , and hap- piness of individuals , to the independence and ...
... nations . Ancient history , and the records of the middle age , continually exhibit the passion for wealth to the philosophical observer as an obstacle to the safety , liberty , and hap- piness of individuals , to the independence and ...
Side 26
... nations ; and as their wealth got into the hands of a few citizens , it caused the ruin of the state * . A few huts , built by strangers and fugitives on the sea - shore , were the slender foundations on which arose the magnificent ...
... nations ; and as their wealth got into the hands of a few citizens , it caused the ruin of the state * . A few huts , built by strangers and fugitives on the sea - shore , were the slender foundations on which arose the magnificent ...
Side 29
... nations by which the empire was surrounded in Europe , absorbed , by degrees , the wealth of the Romans ; and as they had grown powerful because the neighbouring monarchs had sent them their gold and silver , they grew weak , because ...
... nations by which the empire was surrounded in Europe , absorbed , by degrees , the wealth of the Romans ; and as they had grown powerful because the neighbouring monarchs had sent them their gold and silver , they grew weak , because ...
Side 30
... nation revolted against their oppressors ; and from that instant the empire rapidly declined , and shortly became the prey ... nations of antiquity , was alike the object of individual and public ambition , and the principal cause of the ...
... nation revolted against their oppressors ; and from that instant the empire rapidly declined , and shortly became the prey ... nations of antiquity , was alike the object of individual and public ambition , and the principal cause of the ...
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