 It is the highest impertinence. and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch' over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries....  Essays of a Birmingham Manufacturer - Сторінка 294автори: William Lucas Sargant - 1870Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Jeremy Bentham - 1843 - 642 стор.
...public profusion — " It is," you conclude, "the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the...of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries. They are themselves... | |
 | Karl Knies - 1853 - 386 стор.
...btê ju bem »ûtijenben in .Sonftantmopel.« 3) SSgl. 5. S3. auger ben bereite angeführten ©teilen: It is the highest impertinence and presumption in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over tlie oeconomy of private people etc. — they are themselves always . and without any exception the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1856 - 512 стор.
...presumption of statesmen in attempting to remedy the evil. " It is the highest presumption and impertinence in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the...of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries. They are themselves... | |
 | Charles Tennant - 1857 - 510 стор.
...blessed with a frugal government, and it is the highest impertinence and presumption in Government to pretend to watch over the economy of private people, and to restrain their expenses by sumptuary laws, or to interfere with their trade with foreign nations. Sovereigns and ministers... | |
 | Henry Nicholas Sealy - 1858 - 690 стор.
...characteristical virtue of its inhabitants. It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the...of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries. They are themselves... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - 566 стор.
...Lord Bacon expresses it, should serve for " the repressing of waste and excess by sumptuary laws." Adam Smith is not only indignant at " sumptuary laws,"...themselves always the greatest spendthrifts in the societv ; let them look well after their own expense, and they may safely trust private people with... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1869 - 576 стор.
...characteristical virtue of its inhabitants. It is the highest impertinence and presumption, therefore, in kings and ministers, to pretend to watch over the economy of private "people, and to 1 It does not follow tint. Government must fall with the greatest severity on expenditure is sheer... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1871 - 846 стор.
...H. ; and as to Roman sumptuary laws, Encyc. Metrop. Vol. X. p. 110. Adam Smith said of such laws, " It is the highest impertinence and presumption in...of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries." Wealth of Nations,... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1874 - 914 стор.
...II. ; and as to Roman sumptuary laws, Encyc. Metrop. Vol. X. p. 110. Adam Smith said of such laws, "It is the highest impertinence and presumption in...of private people, and to restrain their expense, either by sumptuary laws, or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries." Wealth of Nations,... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 228 стор.
...been desisted from. Listen to Adam Smith : * It is the highest impertinence and presumption therefore in kings and ministers to pretend to watch over the...economy of private people, and to restrain their expense either by sumptuary laws or by prohibiting the importation of foreign luxuries.' (Wealth of Nations,... | |
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