Christian PoliticsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 - 445 pages |
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Page v
... wealth of nations , I here presume to offer to the world a few thoughts upon the relation it bears to objects of far more importance , and from which all others must derive their value . Whoever shall look back on the extraor- dinary ...
... wealth of nations , I here presume to offer to the world a few thoughts upon the relation it bears to objects of far more importance , and from which all others must derive their value . Whoever shall look back on the extraor- dinary ...
Page xiii
... Wealth on the liberal Arts and Sciences , may be urged in Abatement of what has been advanced in the last Section 82 102 Sect . VII - On the Savage and Civilized State of Man ... 112 PART II . ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION , BOTH.
... Wealth on the liberal Arts and Sciences , may be urged in Abatement of what has been advanced in the last Section 82 102 Sect . VII - On the Savage and Civilized State of Man ... 112 PART II . ON THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION , BOTH.
Page 7
... wealth that the seduction of pleasure ope- rates ; it also consumes many a fair inhe- ritance ; families that have shone with lus- tre for ages are , thus sometimes suddenly eclipsed ; and those who were born to splen- did expectations ...
... wealth that the seduction of pleasure ope- rates ; it also consumes many a fair inhe- ritance ; families that have shone with lus- tre for ages are , thus sometimes suddenly eclipsed ; and those who were born to splen- did expectations ...
Page 16
... wealth . and adventitious . This is entirely foreign Wealth is not primarily sought for its own sake , but merely as an instrument for obtaining pleasure or conse quence , though gradually it becomes a final object . The process may be ...
... wealth . and adventitious . This is entirely foreign Wealth is not primarily sought for its own sake , but merely as an instrument for obtaining pleasure or conse quence , though gradually it becomes a final object . The process may be ...
Page 19
... wealth , which can always com- mand external splendour , possesses irresisti- ble attractions in the eyes of those who have no force of intrinsic worth to make them considerable . To such , in gazing upon it , all that it can purchase ...
... wealth , which can always com- mand external splendour , possesses irresisti- ble attractions in the eyes of those who have no force of intrinsic worth to make them considerable . To such , in gazing upon it , all that it can purchase ...
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