 ... would make no great figure were he not a rich man) he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms; for true power is to be got...  The British Essayists - Sida 1redigerad av - 1808Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Joseph Addison - 1899 - 230 sidor
...true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue that if this part of our trade 15 were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation...that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1899 - 238 sidor
...true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue that if this part of our trade 15 were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation...that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1899 - 242 sidor
...another, from another. I have heard him prove that 'diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword....abounds in several frugal maxims, amongst which the 20 greatest favorite is, " A penny saved is a penny got." A general trader of good sense is pleasanter... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1900 - 286 sidor
...and barbarous way to extend dominion 85 by arms ; for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue that if this part of our trade...diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valour, 90 and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims, amongst... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1900 - 282 sidor
...and barbarous way to extend dominion 85 by arms ; for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue that if this part of our trade...diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valour, 90 and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims, amongst... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1900 - 476 sidor
...stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms; for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade...that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
 | Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 478 sidor
...another, from another I have heard him prove, that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword....several frugal maxims, amongst which the greatest favorite is, "A penny saved is a penny got." A general trader of good sense is pleasanter company than... | |
 | 1900 - 492 sidor
...another, from another. I have heard him prove that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword....several frugal maxims, amongst which the greatest favorite is, " A penny saved is a penny got." A general trader of good sense is pleasanter company... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1901 - 264 sidor
...stupid and barbarous way to extend 5 dominion by arms, for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade...prove, that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions io than valour, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 474 sidor
...stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms; for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade...that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
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