Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Том 1Bell & Bradfute, 1804 |
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... labour of so many centuries , repaired at the expence of so many millions , and cemented by such a profusion of blood * ; I say , if our constitution does in any degree de- serve these eulogies , it would never have suffered a wick- ed ...
... labour of so many centuries , repaired at the expence of so many millions , and cemented by such a profusion of blood * ; I say , if our constitution does in any degree de- serve these eulogies , it would never have suffered a wick- ed ...
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... labour . But a man possessed of L. 100,000 a - year , if he has çither any generosity , or any cunning , may create a great dependence by obligations , and still a greater by expec- tations . Hence we may observe , that , in all free ...
... labour . But a man possessed of L. 100,000 a - year , if he has çither any generosity , or any cunning , may create a great dependence by obligations , and still a greater by expec- tations . Hence we may observe , that , in all free ...
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... labour of the kingdom . When we add to this great property , the increasing luxury of the nation , our proneness to corruption , together with the great power and prerogatives of the crown , and the com → mand of military force , there ...
... labour of the kingdom . When we add to this great property , the increasing luxury of the nation , our proneness to corruption , together with the great power and prerogatives of the crown , and the com → mand of military force , there ...
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... labour to make himself ridiculous . I am ready to own , that this circumstance , of the mul- tiplicity and intricacy of laws , is a discouragement to eloquence in modern times : But I assert , that it will not entirely account for the ...
... labour to make himself ridiculous . I am ready to own , that this circumstance , of the mul- tiplicity and intricacy of laws , is a discouragement to eloquence in modern times : But I assert , that it will not entirely account for the ...
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... labour : Time must bring it to perfection : And the feeling of inconvenien- cies must correct the mistakes , which they inevitably fall into , in their first trials and experiments . Hence appears the impossibility , that this ...
... labour : Time must bring it to perfection : And the feeling of inconvenien- cies must correct the mistakes , which they inevitably fall into , in their first trials and experiments . Hence appears the impossibility , that this ...
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: essays, moral, political ..., Том 1 David Hume Полный просмотр - 1825 |
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Стр. 545 - I am apt to suspect the negroes, and in general all the other species of men (for there are four or five different kinds) to be naturally inferior to the whites. There never was a civilized nation of any other complexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or speculation. No ingenious manufactures amongst them, no arts, no sciences...
Стр. 124 - To balance a large state or society (says he) whether monarchical or republican, on general laws, is a work of so great difficulty that no human genius, however comprehensive, is able by the mere dint of reason and reflection, to effect it The judgments of many must unite in the work: experience must guide their labor: time must bring it to perfection: and the feeling of inconveniences must correct the mistakes which they inevitably fall into, in their first trials and experiments.
Стр. 27 - NOTHING appears more surprising to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few ; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.
Стр. 343 - In opposition to this narrow and malignant opinion, I will venture to assert, that the increase of riches and commerce in any one nation, instead of hurting, commonly promotes the riches and commerce of all its neighbours...
Стр. 302 - The workman has not the same employment from the manufacturer and merchant; though he pays the same price for every thing in the market. The farmer cannot dispose of his corn and cattle, though he must pay the same rent to his landlord. The poverty and beggary, and sloth, which must ensue, are easily foreseen.
Стр. 545 - Such a uniform and constant difference could not happen, in so many countries and ages, if nature had not made an original distinction between these breeds of men. Not to mention our colonies, there are Negroe slaves dispersed all over Europe, of whom none ever discovered any symptoms of ingenuity; tho' low people, without education, will start up amongst us, and distinguish themselves in every profession.
Стр. 266 - ... it is the chief business of philosophers to regard the general course of things. I may add, that it is also the chief business of politicians; especially in the domestic government of the state, where the public good, which is, or ought to be their object, depends on the concurrence of a multitude of causes; not, as in foreign politics, on accidents and chances, and the caprices of a few persons.
Стр. 50 - And, as such a violent government cannot long subsist, we shall at last, after many convulsions and civil wars, find repose in absolute monarchy, which it would have been happier for us to have established peaceably from the beginning. Absolute monarchy, therefore, is the easiest death, the true Euthanasia of the British constitution.
Стр. 469 - Were you to preach, in most parts of the world, that political connections are founded altogether on voluntary consent or a mutual promise, the magistrate would soon imprison you as seditious for loosening the ties of obedience, if your friends did not before shut you up as delirious for advancing such absurdities.
Стр. 326 - Suppose four-fifths of all the money in GREAT BRITAIN to be annihilated in one night, and the nation reduced to the same condition, with regard to specie, as in the reigns of the HARRYS and EDWARDS, what would be the consequence? Must not the price of all labour and commodities sink in proportion, and everything be sold as cheap as they were in those ages?