 But in the present imperfect condition of society, luxury, though it may proceed from vice or folly, seems to be the only means that can correct the unequal distribution of property. The diligent mechanic and the skilful artist, who have obtained no share...  The Farmer's Magazine - Página 273por Staff - 1838Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Edward Gibbon - 1907
...be the only means that can correct the unequal distribution of property. The diligent mechanic, and the skilful artist, who have obtained no share in...earth, receive a voluntary tax from the possessors of laud ; and the latter are prompted, by a sense of interest, to improve those estates, with whose produce... | |
 | Herbert George Wells - 1920 - 652 páginas
...be the only means that can correct the unequal distribution of property. The diligent mechanic and the skilful artist, who have obtained no share in...latter are prompted, by a sense of interest, to improve those estates, with whose produce they may purchase additional pleasure. This operation, the particular... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1998 - 1089 páginas
...be the only means that can correct the unequal distribution of property. The diligent mechanic, and the skilful artist, who have obtained no share in...latter are prompted, by a sense of interest, to improve those estates, with whose produce they may purchase additional pleasures. This operation, the particular... | |
 | James Buchan - 2009 - 464 páginas
...and the skilful artist [artisan], who have obtained no share in the division of the earth, reaceive a voluntary tax from the possessors of land; and the...latter are prompted, by a sense of interest, to improve those estates, with whose produce they may purchase additional pleasures.' The Decline and Fall of... | |
 | Neville Morley - 2007
...be the only means that can correct the unequal distribution of property. The diligent mechanic, and the skilful artist, who have obtained no share in...latter are prompted, by a sense of interest, to improve those estates, with whose produce they may purchase additional pleasures. (Gibbon 1994 [1776]: 80)... | |
 | J. G. A. Pocock - 2005 - 527 páginas
...be the only means that can correct the unequal distribution of property. The diligent mechanic, and the skilful artist, who have obtained no share in...latter are prompted, by a sense of interest, to improve those estates, with whose produce they may purchase additional pleasures. This operation, the particular... | |
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