... rich traders, who from their success are presumed to have sharp and vigorous understandings, and to possess the virtues of diligence, order, constancy, and regularity, and to have cultivated an habitual regard to commutative justice : these are the... The Spirit of Despotism: Dedicated to Lord Castlereagh - Page 58by Vicesimus Knox, William Hone - 1821 - 94 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - Political science - 1804 - 228 pages
...to mankind — to be a professor of high science, or of liberal and ingenuous art — to be amongst rich traders, who from their success are presumed...commutative justice — these are the circumstances of men, that form what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation. See NOBILITY.... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 244 pages
...to mankind — to be a professor of high science, or of liberal and ingenuous art — to be amongst rich traders, who from their success are presumed...commutative justice — these are the circumstances of men, that form what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation. See NOBILITY.... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1804 - 212 pages
...mankind — To be a professor of high science, or of liberal and ingenuous art — To be amongst ricli traders who from their success are presumed to have...commutative justice — These are the circumstances of men, that form what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation. The state of... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1807 - 512 pages
...to mankind — To be a professor of high science, or of liberal and ingenuous art — To be amongst rich traders, who from their success are presumed...commutative justice — These are the circumstances of men, that form what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation. The state of... | |
| Edmond Burke - English literature - 1815 - 240 pages
...to mankind — to be a professor of high science, or of liberal and ingenuous art — to be amongst rich traders, who from their success are presumed...commutative justice — these are the circumstances of men, that form what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation. See NOBILITY.... | |
| England - 1832 - 1102 pages
...benefactors to mankind ; to be a professor of high science, or of liberal and ingenuous art ; to be amongst rich traders who, from their success, are presumed...justice ; — these are the circumstances of men, that form what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation. " The state of... | |
| English literature - 1834 - 566 pages
...although it is " a legitimate principle " that station and wealth are the rewards of those who, "for their success, are presumed to have sharp and vigorous...cultivated an habitual regard to commutative justice," they are not more honoured now, not more identified with " respectability," than they have ever been... | |
| George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...to mankind — To be a professor of high science, or of liberal and ingenuous art — To be amongst rich traders, who from their success are presumed...commutative justice — These are the circumstances of men, that form what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation. The state of... | |
| Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1828 - 182 pages
...to mankind — to be a professor of high science, or of liberal and ingenious art — to be amongst rich traders, who, from their success, are presumed...sharp and vigorous understandings, and to possess the yirtues of diligence, order, constancy, and regularity, and to have cultivated an habitual regard to... | |
| Scotland - 1832 - 1042 pages
...benefactors to mankind ; to be a professor of high science, or of liberal and ingenuous art ; to be amongst rich traders who, from their success, are presumed...justice ; — these are the circumstances of men, that form what I should call a natural aristocracy, without which there is no nation. " The state of... | |
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