| Adam Smith - 1809 - 514 стор.
...themselves, and endeavour to awaken the people. If the project cannot be completed, it ought to be given up. If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot...time that Great Britain should free herself from the expence of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military... | |
| Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 стор.
...themselves, and endeavour to awaken the people. If tbe project cannot be completed, it ought to be given up. If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot...contribute towards the support of the whole empire, it it surely time that Great Britain should fr« herself from the expense of defending those provinces... | |
| Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1841 - 418 стор.
...perhaps be considered as appendages, as a sort of splendid and showy equipage of the empire. * * * * If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot...civil or military establishments in time of peace."* It cannot, however, be laid down generally, that a dependency is of no value to the dominant country... | |
| Sir George Cornewall Lewis - 1841 - 408 стор.
...perhaps be considered as appendages, as a sort of splendid and showy equipage of the empire. * * * * If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot...civil or military establishments in time of peace."* It cannot, however, be laid down generally, that a dependency is of no value to the dominant country... | |
| George Long - 1872 - 398 стор.
...do not apply for directions to the wrong Frenchman, for he will send you to the wrong place, and you will not find out your mistake until your eyes have...herself from the expense of defending those provinces hi time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments in time of peace,... | |
| Jeremiah Joyce - 1880 - 274 стор.
...profit); and if the project of such an empire cannot be completed, the golden dream ought to be abandoned. If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot...of war, and of supporting any part of their civil and military establishments in time of peace, and endeavour to accommodate her future views and designs... | |
| Adam Smith - 1884 - 604 стор.
...people. If tbt project cannot be completed, it ought to b* given up. If any of the provinces of UK British empire cannot be made to contribute towards the support of the whole empire, it it surely time that Great Britain should fiée herself from the expense of defending tbo&r provinces... | |
| William Lucas Sargant - 1887 - 426 стор.
...hundred years ago (in 1776) Adam Smith ended the first edition of his great work with the words : — " If any of the provinces of the British Empire cannot...empire, it is surely time that Great Britain should . . . endeavour to accommodate her future views and designs to the real mediocrity of her circumstances."... | |
| Walter Bagehot - 1891 - 466 стор.
.... . . without once augmenting its resources ; " J that (and this is the final sentence of the book) "If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot be made to contribute towards the support of the whqle empire, it is surely time that Great Britain should free herself from the expense of defending... | |
| John Rae - 1895 - 484 стор.
...of Nations. " Perish uncontributing colonies " is the very pith of the lasT sentence of that work. " If any of the provinces of the British Empire cannot...provinces in time of war and of supporting any part bf their civil or military establishments in time of peace ; and endeavour to accommodate her future... | |
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