 | 1840 - 662 pages
...the circumstances of the times ' were supposed to afford, could not come into the world com' pletely ignorant of every thing which is the common subject...conversation among gentlemen and men of the world;'' and that academical honours and degrees were altogether ' mere pieces ' of quackery." He regarded nobility... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 514 pages
...circumstances of the times were supposed to afford, could not come into the world completely igr iiorant of every thing which is the common subject of conversation among gentlemen and men of th« world. There are no public institutions for the education of women, and there is accordingly nothing... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 520 pages
...in those incorporated societies for education, whose prosperity and revenue are in a great measure independent of their industry. Were there no public...conversation among gentlemen and men of the world. There are no public institutions for the education of women, and there is accordingly nothing useless,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1822 - 540 pages
...useless and pedantic heap of sophistry and nonsense. Such systems, such sciences, can subsist no-where, but in those incorporated societies for education...conversation among gentlemen and men of the world. There are no public institutions for the education of women, and there is accordingly nothing useless,... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1827 - 218 pages
...useless and pedantic heap of sophistry and nonsense. Such systems, such sciences can subsist nowhere but in those incorporated societies for education,...conversation among gentlemen and men of the world." — Smith's Wealth of Nations, Book V. Chapter I. Part 3. Art. 2. NOTE B. page 30. It is but justice... | |
 | William Draper - 1830 - 44 pages
...the times were supposed to afford, could not come into the world completely ignorant of everything which is the common subject of conversation among gentlemen and men of the world." — " The discipline of colleges and universities," says he, in another passage, " is in general contrived,... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pages
...the times were supposed to afford, could not come into the world completely ignorant of everything which is the common subject of conversation among; gentlemen and men of the world." — " The discipline of colleges and universities," says he, in another passage, " is in general contrived,... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1836 - 374 pages
...useless and pedantic heap of sophistry and nonsense. Such systems, such sciences can subsist nowhere but in those incorporated societies for education,...conversation among gentlemen and men of the world." — Smith's Wealth of Nations, Book V. Chapter I. part 3. Art. 2. NOTE B, page 41. It ia but justice... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 224 pages
...application and abilities, the most complete course of education which the circumstances of the time wej;e supposed to afford, could not come into the world...subject of conversation among gentlemen and men of the world."—Smith's Wealth of Nations, Book 5. Chap. 1. Part 3. Art. 2. If our colleges be still the... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1836 - 330 pages
...of the time were supposed to afford, could not come into the world completely ignorant of everything which is the common subject of conversation among gentlemen and men of the world." — Smith's Wealth of Nations, Book 5. Chap. 1. Part 3. Art. 2. If our colleges be still the seats... | |
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... come into the world completely ignorant of every thing which is the common subject of conversation among gentlemen and men of the world. There are no public institutions for the education of women, and there is accordingly nothing useless, absurd,... 
