Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen3A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... idle foldiers . But in the hands of a monarch , a standing army is an inftrument of power , too va- luable ever to be abandoned : if one fove- conftitutional , it occafioned not the flightest mur- mur , because its visible good tendency ...
... idle foldiers . But in the hands of a monarch , a standing army is an inftrument of power , too va- luable ever to be abandoned : if one fove- conftitutional , it occafioned not the flightest mur- mur , because its visible good tendency ...
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... idle people , we learn from this instance , that the martial spirit is not an invincible obstruction to induftry . But the original barrennefs of Switzerland , compelled the inhabitants to be fober and industrious : and industry hath ...
... idle people , we learn from this instance , that the martial spirit is not an invincible obstruction to induftry . But the original barrennefs of Switzerland , compelled the inhabitants to be fober and industrious : and industry hath ...
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... idle projector . And what animates me greatly to make the attempt , is a firm conviction that a military and an induftrious fpirit are of equal importance to Britain ; and that if either of them be loft , we are undone . To reconcile ...
... idle projector . And what animates me greatly to make the attempt , is a firm conviction that a military and an induftrious fpirit are of equal importance to Britain ; and that if either of them be loft , we are undone . To reconcile ...
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... any view but for recruiting the army , our legifla- ture ftumbled upon an excellent plan for reclaiming the idle and the profligate ; a matter , matter , in the prefent depravity of man- ners , 28 B.II. CIVIL SOCIETY .
... any view but for recruiting the army , our legifla- ture ftumbled upon an excellent plan for reclaiming the idle and the profligate ; a matter , matter , in the prefent depravity of man- ners , 28 B.II. CIVIL SOCIETY .
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... idle , when they can be em- ployed fo usefully for the public fervice . Now , were a law made permitting no wheel - carriages on a toll - road that require more than one horse , it would leffen won- derfully the expence of reparation ...
... idle , when they can be em- ployed fo usefully for the public fervice . Now , were a law made permitting no wheel - carriages on a toll - road that require more than one horse , it would leffen won- derfully the expence of reparation ...
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