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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. "
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Página 90
por Edward Gibbon - 1806
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The Politician's Creed

Robert John Thornton - 1799 - 852 páginas
...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...
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Essay on the Beneficial Direction of Rural Expenditure

Robert Aglionby Slaney - 1824 - 262 páginas
...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...
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Southey's Common-place Book, Volumen1

Robert Southey - 1849 - 428 páginas
...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...
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Southey's Common-place Book, Volumen1

Robert Southey - 1849 - 428 páginas
...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...
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The Philosophy of Human Nature

Francis E. Brewster - 1851 - 470 páginas
...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...
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A class-book of English prose, with biogr. notices, explanatory notes and ...

Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 páginas
...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...
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Luxury and the Fine Arts, in Some of Their Moral and Historical Relations ...

Robert Charles Winthrop - 1859 - 62 páginas
...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...
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The Prose and Prose Writers of Britain from Chaucer to Ruskin: With ...

Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 páginas
...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...
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Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1852-1867

Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 766 páginas
...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...
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Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1852-1867

Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 756 páginas
..." 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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