History of Civilization in England, כרך 1J. W. Parker and son, 1857 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 2
... interests of men , but also respecting their moral peculiarities ; such as , the amount of different crimes , the proportion they bear to each other , and the influence exercised over them by age , sex , education , and the like . With ...
... interests of men , but also respecting their moral peculiarities ; such as , the amount of different crimes , the proportion they bear to each other , and the influence exercised over them by age , sex , education , and the like . With ...
עמוד 32
... interests of religion , and as inspiring us with an undue confidence in the re- sources of the human understanding . On the other hand , the cultivators of physical science , conscious that they are an advancing body , are naturally ...
... interests of religion , and as inspiring us with an undue confidence in the re- sources of the human understanding . On the other hand , the cultivators of physical science , conscious that they are an advancing body , are naturally ...
עמוד 67
... interest , and inasmuch as interest is on an average an exact measure of profits , 66 it follows that if among any people rent and interest are both high , wages must be low . If , therefore , we can ascertain the current interest of ...
... interest , and inasmuch as interest is on an average an exact measure of profits , 66 it follows that if among any people rent and interest are both high , wages must be low . If , therefore , we can ascertain the current interest of ...
עמוד 68
... interest for money is fixed at fifteen per cent , the highest at sixty per cent . Nor is this to be considered as a mere ancient law now fallen into disuse . So far from that , the Institutes of Menu are still the basis of Indian ...
... interest for money is fixed at fifteen per cent , the highest at sixty per cent . Nor is this to be considered as a mere ancient law now fallen into disuse . So far from that , the Institutes of Menu are still the basis of Indian ...
עמוד 69
... interest being always very high , and interest varying , as it must do , according to the rate of profits , it is evident that wages must have been very low ; for since there was in India a specific amount of wealth to be divided into ...
... interest being always very high , and interest varying , as it must do , according to the rate of profits , it is evident that wages must have been very low ; for since there was in India a specific amount of wealth to be divided into ...
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עמוד 419 - The storm has gone over me; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth!
עמוד 216 - But all who read, and most do read, endeavor to obtain some smattering in that science. I have been told by an eminent bookseller, that in no branch of his business, after tracts of popular devotion, were so many books as those on the law exported to the plantations.
עמוד 26 - In a given state of society, a certain number of persons must put an end to their own life. This is the general law; and the special question as to who shall commit the crime depends of course upon special laws; which, however, in their total action, must obey the large social law to which they are subordinate.
עמוד 325 - Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies.
עמוד 308 - In matters of God, to set down a Form of Prayer, a solemn Confession of the Articles of the Christian Faith, and Ceremonies meet for the exercise of Religion ; it were unnatural not to think the Pastors and Bishops of our souls a great deal more fit, than men of secular trades and callings...
עמוד 411 - In effect, to follow not to force the public inclination, to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.
עמוד 439 - ... felony without benefit of clergy, and the offenders therein shall be adjudged felons, and shall suffer death as in case of felony without benefit of clergy.
עמוד 37 - Of all vulgar modes of escaping from the consideration of the effect of social and moral influences on the human mind, the most vulgar is that of attributing the diversities of conduct and character to inherent natural differences.
עמוד 307 - ... follow like beasts the first in the herd, they know not nor care not whither, this were brutish. Again, that authority of men should prevail with men either against or above Reason, is no part of our belief. Companies of learned men...
עמוד 408 - The excursions of his genius are immense? His imperial fancy has laid all nature under tribute, and has collected riches from every scene of the creation, and every walk of art.