 | lady Sydney Morgan - 1807 - 182 Seiten
...cultivator takes another barren tract, and continues to use the same exertions to the same .effect. 0 manual strength*, that wondrous capability of exertion,...bounteous intentions of nature are counteracted, the effort* must be the same. The character of a nation, so far as it is uninfluenced by climate, must... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1809 - 232 Seiten
...she renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labour ; but if an arbitrary prince should attempt to deprive people of nature's...must in a great degree be the result of the policy * " Both the body and mind of the Irish," says Davis, " are indued with extraordinary abilities of... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1823 - 810 Seiten
...annexing rewards in proportion to their labour. But if an arbitrary prince should attempt to deprive the people of nature's bounty, they would fall into a...indolence and inaction must be their only happiness. VOL. i. CHAP. III. Of Taxes in Countries where Part of the People are Villains or Bondmen. THE state... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 432 Seiten
...annexing rewards in proportion to their labor. But if an arbitrary prince should attempt to deprive the people of nature's bounty, they would fall into a...indolence and inaction must be their only happiness. OP THE JTTST PROPORTION OF TAXES. When the inhabitants of a state are all free subjects, and each man... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu - 1899 - 472 Seiten
...annexing rewards Mn proportion to their labor. But if an arbitrary prince should attempt to deprive the people of nature's bounty, they would fall into a...indolence and inaction must be their only happiness. 3. — Of Taxes in Countries where Part of the People are Villains or Bondmen The state of villanage... | |
 | Samuel Gregg - 2007 - 200 Seiten
...comment that "if an arbi prince should attempt to deprive the people of nature's bounty, they wouk into a disrelish of industry; and then indolence and inaction must be their happiness."40 There is nothing noble about allowing oneself to become totally deper on others, not... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 Seiten
...annexing rewards in proportion to their labor. But if an arbitrary prince should attempt to deprive the people of nature's bounty, they would fall into a...indolence and inaction must be their only happiness. OF THE JUST PBOPOBTION OF TAXES. When the inhabitants of a state are all free subjects, and each man... | |
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The former is excited by labour, the latter is soothed by indolence. Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry: she renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labour. But if an arbitrary prince should attempt... 