Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen3A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... foldiers by profeffion ; and every other art was defpifed , as low , if not contemptible . Even in the unnatural ftate of the feu- dal fyftem , arts made fome progress , not excepting those for amusement ; and many conveniencies ...
... foldiers by profeffion ; and every other art was defpifed , as low , if not contemptible . Even in the unnatural ftate of the feu- dal fyftem , arts made fome progress , not excepting those for amusement ; and many conveniencies ...
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... foldiers by profeffion to fight their battles ! And yet this is una- voidable in every country where arts and manufactures flourish ; which , requiring little exercise , tend to enervate the body , and of course the mind . Gain , at the ...
... foldiers by profeffion to fight their battles ! And yet this is una- voidable in every country where arts and manufactures flourish ; which , requiring little exercise , tend to enervate the body , and of course the mind . Gain , at the ...
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... foldiers : they lived upon their pay when in the field ; but if they hap- pened not to be fuccefsful in plundering , they ftarved at home . An annual diftri- bution of corn among them , became ne- ceffary ; which in effect correfponded ...
... foldiers : they lived upon their pay when in the field ; but if they hap- pened not to be fuccefsful in plundering , they ftarved at home . An annual diftri- bution of corn among them , became ne- ceffary ; which in effect correfponded ...
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... foldiers , who had no pay , could not be restrained from plundering ; and inveterate practice ren- dered them equally licentious in peace and in war . Charles , to leave no pretext for free quarters , laid upon his fubjects a fmall tax ...
... foldiers , who had no pay , could not be restrained from plundering ; and inveterate practice ren- dered them equally licentious in peace and in war . Charles , to leave no pretext for free quarters , laid upon his fubjects a fmall tax ...
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... foldier made them defpife agriculture , without being qualified for war : in the army they were no better than peasants : at the plough , no better than idle foldiers . But in the hands of a monarch , a standing army is an inftrument of ...
... foldier made them defpife agriculture , without being qualified for war : in the army they were no better than peasants : at the plough , no better than idle foldiers . But in the hands of a monarch , a standing army is an inftrument of ...
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