| William Godwin - 1797 - عدد الصفحات: 508
...impofes a new tax Upon the inhabitants of his country. It is a grofs and ridiculous error to fuppofe that the rich pay for any thing. There is no" wealth in the worH except this, the labour of man*. What is- mifnamed wealth, is merely a power vefted in certain... | |
| George Walker - 1799 - عدد الصفحات: 270
...country he pretends to weep over/ ' But,' replied I, * it is a grofs and ridiculous error, to fuppofe that the rich pay for any thing: there is no wealth...him a bauble, and cajoling him. If he employ them in erefling palaces, in finking ca* Enquirer, page 175. mls, nals, &c. it will be found he is their enemy... | |
| William Godwin - 1823 - عدد الصفحات: 442
...imposes a new tax upon the inhabitants of his country. It is a gross and ridiculous error to suppose that the rich pay for any thing. There is no wealth in the world except this, the labour of man *. What is misnamed wealth, is merely a power vested in certain individuals by the institutions of... | |
| Henry S. Salt - 1888 - عدد الصفحات: 264
...doctrine is reiterated. " It is a gross and ridiculous error to suppose that the rich pay for anything. There is no wealth in the world except this — the labour of man. What is misnamed wealth is merely a power, vested in certain individuals by the institution of society,... | |
| Paul Elsner - 1906 - عدد الصفحات: 106
...right to monopolize more than he can enjoy" (Decl. of Rights. Art. 28). Arbeit allein ist Reichtum. „There is no wealth in the world except this, the labour of man" (Enquirer 177). „There is no real wealth but the labour of man" (Notes to Q. Mab). Auf den Ertrag,... | |
| John Cairns - 1998 - عدد الصفحات: 276
...money destroys society. "It is a gross and ridiculous error to suppose that the rich pay for anything. There is no wealth in the world except this, the labour of man. . . . What is misnamed wealth is merely a power vested in certain individuals by the institutions of... | |
| Elof Axel Carlson - 2001 - عدد الصفحات: 476
...work that irritated Malthus. Godwin denounced the wealthy as selfish and not meriting their riches. "There is no wealth in the world except this, the labour of man," he claimed. What is falsely called wealth, in Godwin's interpretation, was the power of compulsion... | |
| George Walker - 2004 - عدد الصفحات: 396
...country he pretends to weep over." "But," replied I, "it is a gross and ridiculous error, to suppose that the rich pay for any thing: there is no wealth...employ them in erecting palaces, in sinking canals, &c. it will be found he is their enemy; he is adding to the weight of oppression, and the vast accumulation... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1797 - عدد الصفحات: 610
...impofes a new tax upon the inhabitants of his country. It is a grofs and ridiculous error to fuppofe that the rich pay for any thing. There is no wealth in the world except this, the labour of man. What is mifnamed wealth, is merely a power vefted in certain individuals by the iaftitutions of fociety,... | |
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