 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 by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated,...  The Spectator: Selected Papers - Pagina 8door Sir Richard Steele - 1876 - 276 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1789 - 508 pagina’s
...argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we fliould gain from one nation; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove, that diligence makes more lafting acquisitions than valour, and that floth has ruined more nations than the fword. He abounds... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - 1795 - 682 pagina’s
...and if another, from another. I have beared him prove* that Diligence makes more lafting Acquifmons than Valour, and that Sloth has ruined more Nations than the Sword. He abounds in lèverai frugal Maximes, aiiiongft which the greateft Favourite is, A penny faved is a penny got. A... | |
 | 1803 - 434 pagina’s
...argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove, that...than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims, amongst which the greatest favourite is, ' A penny saved is a penny got.' A general trader of good... | |
 | 1803 - 420 pagina’s
...part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation; and if another, from atiother. I have heard him prove, that diligence makes more...than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims, amongst which the greatest favourite is, ' A penny saved is a penny got.' A general trader of good... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 412 pagina’s
...argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation ; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove, that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions thatl valour, and that sloth has ruined more natiorts than the sword. He abounds in several frugal... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pagina’s
...argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation ; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove, that...than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims, amongst which the greatest favourite is, " A penny saved is a penny got." A general trader of good... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pagina’s
...argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation ; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove, that...than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims, amongst which the greatest favourite is, " A penny saved is a penny got." A general trader of good... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pagina’s
...argue, that if this part of our trade were Well cultivated, we should gain from one nation ; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove, that...the sword. He abounds in several frugal •maxims, amongst which the greatest favourite is,. ' A penny saved is a penny got.' A general trader of good... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 pagina’s
...argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation ; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove, that...than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims, amongst which the greatest favourite is, ' A penny saved is a penny got.' A general trader of good... | |
 | G. Hamonière - 1819 - 388 pagina’s
...should gain from one nation, and if another, from another. I have heard him prove that diligence m;:kes more lasting acquisitions than valour, and that sloth...than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims, amongst which the greatest favourite is, a penny saved is a penny got. A general trader of good sense... | |
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