 | William Orme - 1828 - 278 sider
...been our author's own opinion, had he kept by it, that it was not confined to material objects. Had Dr. Smith but remembered his own aphorism, that "every...poor according to the degree in which he can afford i& enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of life ;" and had he, by his usual train of... | |
 | British agriculturist - 1829 - 54 sider
...the products of our colonies, &c. &c. Pursuant to Adam Smith's unexceptionable expression, " that a man is rich or " poor according to the degree in which...afford " to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amuse" ments of human life," the English labourer must be pronounced to be a more wealthy or a richer... | |
 | Pablo Pebrer (i.e., Antonio Pablo) - 1833 - 598 sider
...of friendship, but even insult the laws of nature. In fact, if according to Smith's definition, " a man is rich or poor, according to the degree in which...necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of life ", highly increased prices, by diminishing the power of income, and consequently the facility of acquiring... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1835 - 886 sider
...from which these conclusions were deduced appeared to be almost self-evident and incontrovertible. " Every man is rich or poor, according to the degree...enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life." •[• And, as it is conceded on all hands, that these necessaries and conveniences,... | |
 | 1835 - 858 sider
...from which these conclusions were deduced appeared to be almost self-evident and incontrovertible. "Every man is rich or poor, according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniencies, and amusements of human life."f And, as it is conceded on all hands, that these necessaries... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Margracia) - 1835 - 362 sider
...markets for first necessaries, made ruinously high by act of Parliament. " Every man," says Adam Smith, " is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, comforts, and conveniences of human life." To secure these to industry, is the one thing needful to... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1836 - 520 sider
...CHAPTER VI. OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WEALTH AND VALUE. IT has been justly stated by Adam Smith that a man is rich or poor according to the degree in which...afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and luxuries of human life. And it follows from this definition that, if the bounty of nature furnished... | |
 | Maurice Cross - 1836 - 434 sider
...from which these conclusions were deduced appeared to be almost self-evident and incontrovertible. " Every man is rich or poor, according to the degree in which he can afford lo enjoy the necessaries, conveniencies, and amusements of human life."f And, as it is conceded on... | |
 | Sir Travers Twiss - 1847 - 356 sider
...or mediate, of the annual labour of a nation. Again, at the commencement of Chapter V. he writes, " Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, LECTDRE conveniences, and amusements of human life." We . VIbehold here the torch burning more brightly... | |
 | 1848 - 660 sider
...Wheat or grain of any sort, therefore, is not to be thought of. Dr. Adam Smith proposes labor: — " Every man is rich or poor according to the degree...can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, or amusements, of human life. But after the division of labor has once thoroughly taken place, it is... | |
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EVERY man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life. 
