 | Robert John Thornton - Economics - 1799 - 852 pages
...TH? INDUSTRY OF OTHERS, AND CORRECT THE UNEQUAL* DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY. THE DILIGENT MECHANIC, AMD THE SKILFUL ARTIST, WHO HAVE OBTAINED NO SHARE IN...EARTH, RECEIVE A VOLUNTARY TAX FROM THE POSSESSORS OF GREAT ESTATES; AND THE LATTER ARE PROMPTED, BY A SENSE OF INTEREST, TO IM» PROVE THOSE LANDS, .WITH... | |
 | Robert Aglionby Slaney - Agriculture - 1824 - 262 pages
...large part of our agricultural produce, and on their prosperity the rent of land must greatly depend. " The " diligent mechanic, and the skilful artist, who...have obtained no share in the division of the " earth (saitli our great historian) receive a " voluntary tax from the possessors of land ; " and the latter... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 428 pages
...instrument of vexatious oppresUse of Luxury. " IN the present imperfect condition of society, luxury, though it may proceed from vice or folly, seems to...artist who have obtained no share in the division oí the earth, receive a voluntan- tax from the pos- the south-oast coast of Sutherland, is almost... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1849 - 428 pages
...that can orrect the unequal distribution of property, he diligent mechanic and the skilful artist ho have obtained no share in the division of the earth, receive a voluntary tax from the pos- the south-east coast of Sutherland, is almost sessors of land ; and the latter are prompted by... | |
 | Francis E. Brewster - Conduct of life - 1851 - 470 pages
...which decorate the skies. " Use of Luxury. — In the present imperfect condition of society, luxury, though it may proceed from vice or folly, seems to...distribution of property. The diligent mechanic and the skillful artist, who have obtained no share in the division of the earth, receive a voluntary tax from... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...necessaries, and none the superfluities, of life. But in the present imperfect condition of society, luxury, though it may proceed from vice or folly, seems to...have obtained no share in the division of the earth, GENERAL CONDITION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, ETC. 349 receive a voluntary tax from the possessors of land... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - Washington equestrian statue (Boston, Mass.) - 1859 - 62 pages
...suggestion, that " in the present imperfect condition of society, luxury, though it may proceed from vice and folly, seems to be the only means that can correct the unequal distribution of property." Hume, too, with the ingenuity and acuteness which characterize so many of his celebrated Essays, draws... | |
 | Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...necessaries, and none the superfluities, of life. But in the present imperfect condition of society, luxury, though it may proceed from vice or folly, seems to...have obtained no share in the division of the earth, GENERAL CONDITION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, ETC. 349 receive a voluntary tax from the possessors of land... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - United States - 1867 - 766 pages
...suggestion, that " iu the present imperfect condition of society, luxury, though it may proceed from vice and folly, seems to be the only means that can correct the unequal distribution of property." Hume, too, with the ingenuity and acuteness which characterize so many of his celebrated Essays, draws... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - History - 1867 - 756 pages
..." in the present imperfect condition of society, luxury, though it may proceed from vice and lolly, seems to be the only means that can correct the unequal distribution of property." Hume, too, with the ingenuity and acuteness which characterize so many of his celebrated Essays, draws... | |
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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. 
