For these reasons there are not more useful members in a commonwealth than merchants. They knit mankind together in a mutual intercourse of good offices, distribute the gifts of nature, find work for the poor, add wealth to the rich, and magnificence... The Spectator, no. 1-314 - Страница 115по Joseph Addison - 1837Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 страници
...dependence upon one another, and be united together by their common interest. ADDISON : Spectator, No. 69. ion, in such words as can l>e had, of the actual truth...We cannot understand it, we know not how to speak and wealth to the rich, and magnificence to the great. . . . Trade, without enlarging the British territories,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1882 - 428 страници
...and south, we are free from those extremities of weather which give them birth ; that our eyes are refreshed with the green fields of Britain, at the...distribute the gifts of nature, find work for the poor, and wealth to the rich, and magnificence to the great. Our English merchant converts the tin of his... | |
| A. P. Allen - 1885 - 276 страници
...colonial travellers would, if they were well paid, take a pleasure in distributing it. Addison remarks : " There are not more useful members in a commonwealth...intercourse of good offices, distribute the gifts of nature, and find work for the EMEJf SON'S OPINION OF ENGLISHMEN 185 poor. . . . Trade, without enlarging the... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1892 - 358 страници
...and south, we are free from those extremities of weather which give them birth ; that our eyes are refreshed with the green fields of Britain, at the...the rich, and magnificence to the great. Our English merchant converts the tin of his own country into gold, and exchanges his wool for rubies. The Mahometans... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1892 - 252 страници
...and south, we are free from those extremities of weather which 10 give them birth ; that our eyes are refreshed with the green fields of Britain, at the...distribute the gifts of nature, find work for the poor, and wealth to the rich, and magnificence to the great. Our English merchant converts the tin of his... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1894 - 358 страници
...and south, we are free from those extremities of weather which give them birth ; that our eyes are refreshed with the green fields of Britain, at the...the rich, and magnificence to the great. Our English merchant converts the tin of his own country into gold, and exchanges his wool for rubies. The Mahometans... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 страници
...our palates are feasted with fruits that rise between the tropicks. For these reasons there are no more useful members in a commonwealth than merchants....the rich, and magnificence to the great. Our English merchant converts the tin of his own country into gold, and exchanges his wool for rubies. The Mahometans... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 674 страници
...our palates are feasted with fruits that rise between the tropicks. For these reasons there are no more useful members in a commonwealth than merchants....the rich, and magnificence to the great. Our English merchant converts the tin of his own country into gold, and exchanges his wool for rubies. The Mahometans... | |
| Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 страници
...our palates are feasted with fruits that rise between the tropicks. For these reasons there are no more useful members in a commonwealth than merchants....the rich, and magnificence to the great. Our English merchant converts the tin of his own country into gold, and exchanges his wool for rubies. The Mahometans... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1896 - 346 страници
...our Palates are feasted with Fruits that rise between the Tropicks. For these Reasons there are no more useful Members in a Commonwealth than Merchants....the Rich, and Magnificence to the Great. Our English Merchant converts the Tin of his own Country into Gold, and exchanges his Wool for Rubies. The Mahometans... | |
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