 ... he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms, for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if...  Select British Classics - Seite 101803Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1917 - 884 Seiten
...centuries ago, "The sea is the British Common," and "it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms; for true power is to be got by arts and industry." Yet the real secret of it all is missed by both foreigner and Englishman. It lies in the seeming paradox... | |
 | SAMUEL THRBER - 1898 - 236 Seiten
...commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms; for true power is to be got by arts and industry....that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1898 - 264 Seiten
...tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms j1 for true power is to 10 be got by arts and industry. He will often argue that...that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined is more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1898 - 264 Seiten
...all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms;1 for true power is to be got by arts and industry....often argue that if this part of our trade were well culti15 vated, we should gain from one nation; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1899 - 264 Seiten
...commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend 5 dominion by arms, for true power is to be got by arts and industry....prove, that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions 1o than valour, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1901 - 252 Seiten
...coffeehouse in Eussell Street, near the Drury Lane Theatre, and a resort of actors and playwrights. arts and industry. He will often argue that if this...heard him prove that diligence makes more lasting acquisi- 90 tions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1899 - 222 Seiten
...and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms ; for true power is to be got by arts and indus- 10 try. He will often argue that if this part of our trade...that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the 15 sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1899 - 222 Seiten
...and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms; for true power is to be got by arts and indus- 10 try. He will often argue that if this part of our trade...that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the 15 sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1899 - 226 Seiten
...and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms ; for true power is to be got by arts and indus- 10 try. He will often argue that if this part of our trade...that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the 15 sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1899 - 230 Seiten
...true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue that if this part of our trade 15 were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation...that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
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