The Spectator, Volumes 3-4Dent, 1930 |
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Page 238
... able to purchase as many Neces saries of Life ; where then would be the Inconvenience ? But the Price of Labour may be reduced by the Addition of more Hands to a Manufacture , and yet the Wages of Persons remain as high as ever . The ...
... able to purchase as many Neces saries of Life ; where then would be the Inconvenience ? But the Price of Labour may be reduced by the Addition of more Hands to a Manufacture , and yet the Wages of Persons remain as high as ever . The ...
Page 294
... able to practise , But this is a vicious Way of Thinking ; and it bears some Spice of romantick Madness for a Man to imagine that he must grow ambitious , or seek Adventures , to be able to do great Actions . It is in every Man's Power ...
... able to practise , But this is a vicious Way of Thinking ; and it bears some Spice of romantick Madness for a Man to imagine that he must grow ambitious , or seek Adventures , to be able to do great Actions . It is in every Man's Power ...
Page 308
... able to guess at their Profession ; for who else can know , that Work if I had it , should be the Signification of a Corn Cutter ? Forasmuch therefore as Persons of this Rank are seldom Men of Genius or Capacity , I think it would be ...
... able to guess at their Profession ; for who else can know , that Work if I had it , should be the Signification of a Corn Cutter ? Forasmuch therefore as Persons of this Rank are seldom Men of Genius or Capacity , I think it would be ...
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