 If any of the provinces of the British empire cannot be made to contribute towards the support of the whole empire, it is surely time that Great Britain should free herself from the expense of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting...  An Old Man's Thoughts about Many Things - Сторінка 302автори: George Long - 1872 - 379 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Joseph Shield Nicholson - 1909 - 328 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...herself from the expense of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments in time of peace... | |
 | J. Ellis Barker - 1910 - 398 стор.
...settlements in distant parts of the world for the improvement of trade.' Adam Smith taught about that time, ' If any of the provinces of the British Empire cannot...herself from the expense of defending 'those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments in time of peace... | |
 | Norman Angell - 1910 - 464 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...herself from the expense of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of the civil or military establishments in time of peace,... | |
 | George Findlay Shirras - 1924 - 714 стор.
...infirm, the ignorant, the indigent." 1 " If the project cannot be completed, it ought to be given up. If any of the Provinces of the British Empire cannot...should free herself from the expense of defending these provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments... | |
 | Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, Henry Higgs - 1926 - 886 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...herself from the expense of defending those provinces In time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments In time of peace,... | |
 | Thomas Sowell - 1994 - 174 стор.
...was reduced below what it would otherwise be. The Wealth of Nations closed with the observation that "it is surely time that Great Britain should free...herself from the expense of defending those provinces in time of war, and of supporting any part of their civil or military establishments in time of peace,... | |
 | T. W. Hutchison - 1978 - 376 стор.
...allies [1937, p. 582]. M In the very last paragraph of The Wealth of Nations Smith repeats the demand that ' if any of the provinces of the British empire...contribute towards the support of the whole empire' then, it was surely time for Great Britain to give up her 'project of an empire'. In that case, in... | |
 | Reinhard Bendix - 1993 - 250 стор.
...have amused the people with the imagination that they possessed a great empire," when in fact most provinces of the British empire "cannot be made to contribute towards the support of the whole empire."31 His advice was that England should divest herself of this drain on the public purse. Smith... | |
 | James Conniff - 1994 - 384 стор.
...that eventually led to American independence. 44 At the end of the section on colonies, Smith wrote, "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... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood - 1993 - 664 стор.
...themselves, and endeavor 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 be made to contribute toward the support of the whole empire, it is surely time that Great Britain should free herself from... | |
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