An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volumen1Charles Knight and Company, 1835 |
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... employed himself frequently in the practice of trans- lation ( particularly from the French ) , with a view to the improvement of his own style ; and he used often to express a favourable opinion of the utility of such exercises , to ...
... employed himself frequently in the practice of trans- lation ( particularly from the French ) , with a view to the improvement of his own style ; and he used often to express a favourable opinion of the utility of such exercises , to ...
Página xxvi
... employed * . In the English language , the variety of poetical passages which he was not only accus- tomed to refer to occasionally , but which he was able to repeat with correctness , appeared surprising even to those whose attention ...
... employed * . In the English language , the variety of poetical passages which he was not only accus- tomed to refer to occasionally , but which he was able to repeat with correctness , appeared surprising even to those whose attention ...
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... employed , are chiefly the two following . First - By what prin- ciple of our constitution are we led to form the notion of moral distinctions ; -whether by that fa- culty which , in the other branches of human know- ledge , perceives ...
... employed , are chiefly the two following . First - By what prin- ciple of our constitution are we led to form the notion of moral distinctions ; -whether by that fa- culty which , in the other branches of human know- ledge , perceives ...
Página xxxiv
... employed in their usual acceptations . The theory of morals does not bear , for example , the same relation to the practice of morals , that the theory of geometry bears to prac- tical geometry . In this last science , all the practical ...
... employed in their usual acceptations . The theory of morals does not bear , for example , the same relation to the practice of morals , that the theory of geometry bears to prac- tical geometry . In this last science , all the practical ...
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... employed by Mr. Hume * , and with what some French writers have called Histoire Raisonnée . The mathematical sciences , both pure and mixed , afford , in many of their branches , very favourable subjects for theoretical history ; and a ...
... employed by Mr. Hume * , and with what some French writers have called Histoire Raisonnée . The mathematical sciences , both pure and mixed , afford , in many of their branches , very favourable subjects for theoretical history ; and a ...
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Página 189 - Such a difference of prices, which it seems is not always sufficient to transport a man from one parish to another, would necessarily occasion so great a transportation of the most bulky commodities, not only from one parish to another, but from one end of the kingdom, almost from one end of the world to the other, as would soon reduce them more nearly to a level. After all that has been said of the levity and inconstancy of human nature, it appears evidently from experience that a man is of all...
Página 292 - The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.
Página 55 - It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.
Página 1 - THE annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that labour, or in what is purchased with that produce from other nations.
Página 12 - This great increase of the quantity of work which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people are capable of performing, is owing to three different circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another ; and lastly, to the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.
Página 134 - As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
Página xxxvii - When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or our own arm...
Página 144 - The market price of every particular commodity is regulated by the proportion between the quantity which is actually brought to market and the demand of those who are willing to pay the natural price of the commodity...
Página 305 - People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.
Página xcvi - Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.