 ... he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms, for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if...  Select British Classics - Page 101803Full view - About this book
 | A. Meserole - English essays - 1896 - 450 pages
...commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms ; for true power is to be got by arts and industry....that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1896 - 232 pages
...commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms; for true power is to be got by arts and industry....that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1896 - 580 pages
...commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms: for true power is to be got by arts and industry....were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation ; 20 and if another, from another. I have heard him prove, that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - Readers - 1897 - 298 pages
...it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms : for true power is to be got by arts 20 and industry. He will often argue that if this part...valour, and that sloth has ruined more nations than 25 the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims, amongst which the greatest favourite is, " A penny... | |
 | Literature - 1917 - 884 pages
...centuries ago, "The sea is the British Common," and "it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms; for true power is to be got by arts and industry." Yet the real secret of it all is missed by both foreigner and Englishman. It lies in the seeming paradox... | |
 | SAMUEL THRBER - 1898 - 236 pages
...commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms; for true power is to be got by arts and industry....that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1898 - 264 pages
...tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms j1 for true power is to 10 be got by arts and industry. He will often argue that...that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor, and that sloth has ruined is more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal maxims,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1898 - 264 pages
...all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms;1 for true power is to be got by arts and industry....often argue that if this part of our trade were well culti15 vated, we should gain from one nation; and if another, from another. I have heard him prove... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1899 - 264 pages
...commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend 5 dominion by arms, for true power is to be got by arts and industry....prove, that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions 1o than valour, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in several frugal... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English essays - 1901 - 252 pages
...coffeehouse in Eussell Street, near the Drury Lane Theatre, and a resort of actors and playwrights. arts and industry. He will often argue that if this...heard him prove that diligence makes more lasting acquisi- 90 tions than valor, and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword. He abounds in... | |
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