 | James Boswell - 1791 - 556 Seiten
...live on fix-pence a day; and the fame remark will apply to almoft all the other clafles. Luxury, fo far as it reaches the poor, will do good to the race of people : it will ftrengthen and multiply them. Sir, no nation was ever hurt by luxury; for, as I faid before, it can... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 526 Seiten
...now, as ever there were. But, secondly, supposing the stature of our people to be diminished, that is not owing to luxury ; for, Sir, consider to how...small a proportion of our people luxury can reach. Our soldiery, surely, are not luxurious, who live on six-pence a day ; and the same remark will apply... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 508 Seiten
...now, as ever there were. But, secondly, supposing the stature of our people to be diminished, that is not owing to luxury ; for, Sir, consider to how...small a proportion of our people luxury can reach. Our soldiery, surely, are not-luxurious, who live on six-pence a day ; and the same remark will apply... | |
 | Wakefield, Edward - 1812 - 810 Seiten
...a conversation with Coldsmith, according to his biographer, he made use of the following words : " Luxury, so far as it reaches the poor, will do good to the race of people ; it wijl strengthen and multiply them. Sir, no nation was ever hurt by luxury, for as I said before, it... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 Seiten
...DOW, as ever there were. But, secondly, supposing the stature of our people to be diminished, that is not owing to luxury ; for, Sir, consider to how...small a proportion of our people luxury can reach. Our soldiery, surely, are not luxurious, who live on six-pence a day ; and the same remark will apply... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 384 Seiten
...luxurious, who live on sixpence a day ; and the same remark will apply to almost all the other classes. Luxury, so far as it reaches the poor, will do good...of people ; it will strengthen and multiply them. Sir, no nation was ever hurt by luxury ; for,. as I said before, it can reach but to a very few. I... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 382 Seiten
...England now as ever there were. But, secondly, supposing the stature of our people to be diminished, thaj is not owing to luxury ; for, sir, consider to how...small a proportion of our people luxury can reach. Our soldiery, surely, are not luxurious, who live on sixpence a day ; and the same remark will apply... | |
 | 1821 - 372 Seiten
...England now as ever there were. But, secondly, supposing the stature of our people to be diminished, that is not owing to luxury ; for, sir, consider to how...small a proportion of our people luxury can reach. Our soldiery, surely, are not luxurious, who live on sixpence a day ; and the same remark will apply... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 376 Seiten
...now, as ever there were. But, secondly, supposing the stature of our people to be diminished, that is not owing to luxury; for, sir, consider to how...small a proportion of our people luxury can reach. Our soldiery, surely, are not luxurious, who 1 [There is a greater variety of employments for men than... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 472 Seiten
...now, as ever there were. But, secondly, supposing the stature of our people to be diminished, that is not owing to luxury ; for, Sir, consider to how...small a proportion of our people luxury can reach. Our soldiery, surely, are not luxurious, who live on six-pence a day ; and the same remark will apply... | |
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Luxury, so far as it reaches the poor, will do good to the race of people ; it will strengthen and multiply them. 
