 It deserves to be remarked too, that, if we consult experience, the cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. The inhabitants of the wine countries are in general the soberest people in Europe ; witness the Spaniards,...  The Guernsey and Jersey Magazine - Страница 691837Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Ezra Sampson - 1807 - 506 страници
...which but few possess. Adam Smith informs us that the inhabitants of the vine countries, particularly the Spaniards, the Italians, and the inhabitants of the southern provinces of France, are the most temperate people in Europe. Where wine is as plenty and cheap as cider is with us, the... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 532 страници
...more than they can afford, there are always many more who spend less. It deserves to be remarked too, that, if we consult experience, the cheapness of wine...Spaniards, the Italians, and the inhabitants of the sou them provinces of France. People are seldom guilty of excess in what is their daily fare. Nobody... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 538 страници
...more than they can afford, there are always many more who spend less. It deserves to be remarked, too, that if we consult experience, the cheapness of wine...wine countries are in general the soberest people of Europe ; witness the Spaniards, the Italians, and the inhabitants of the southern provinces,of France.... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - 434 страници
...which but few possess. Adam Smith informs us that the inhabitants of the wine countries, particularly the Spaniards, the Italians, and the inhabitants of the southern provinces of France, are the most * M6 VIRGINIA....VOLCANOS. temperate people in Europe. Where wine is as plenty and cheap... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 страници
...they can afford, there are always many more who sptrtl less. It deserves to be remarked, too, that il' we consult experience, the cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness >'u: of sobriety. The inhabitants of the wine countries are in general the soberest people <.f Europe... | |
 | Cyrus Redding - 1851 - 460 страници
...SMITH, in his " Wealth of Nations," b. iv., c. iii., says : " The cheapness of wine seems to be a great cause, not of drunkenness but of sobriety. The inhabitants...inhabitants of the southern provinces of France." The enormous duties laid upon wine above spirit (see the Appendix) render the cheapest wine on which... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1856 - 868 страници
...Wealth of Nations," book iv., chap. 3 — " It deserves to bo remarked, too, that tho cheapness 6f wine seems to be a cause not of drunkenness, but of...in general, the soberest people in Europe. Witness tbo Spaniards, the Italians, and the inhabitants of the southern provinces of Franca. People seldom... | |
 | 1860 - 684 страници
...skill and devotedness during periods of epidemic diseases. WINE. — " It deserves to be remarked, too, that if we consult experience, the cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkeness, but of sobriety. The inhabitants of the wine countries are in general the soberest people... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 846 страници
...i \\VnHli "f Nations, 13. IV, chap. Ill) says : "The cheapness of wine seems to be a great cansí-, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. The inhabitants of the wine countries are, in general, the Bobcrest people in Europe. Witness tho Spaniards, the Italians, and the inhabitants of the southern... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 страници
...good cheer of private families by obliging them to keep an unnecessary number of kitchen utensils. THE cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of...wine countries are in general the soberest people in Eurdpe: witness the Spaniards, the Italians, and the inhabitants of the southern provinces of France.... | |
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