 To entail irreversible poverty upon generation after generation, only because the ancestor happened to be poor, is in itself cruel, if not unjust, and is wholly contrary to the maxims of a commercial nation, which always suppose and promote a rotation...  Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces - Page 12by Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 550 pages
...cruel, if not unjuft, and is wholly contrary to the maxims of a commercial nation, which always fuppofe and promote a rotation of property, and offer every...diligence. Thofe who communicate literature to the fon of a poor man, confider him as one not born to poverty, but to the neceflity of deriving a better... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...cruel, if not unjuft, and is wholly contrary to the maxims of a commercial nation, which ahyays fuppofe and promote a rotation of property, and offer every...diligence. Thofe who communicate literature to the Ton of a poor man, confider him as one not born to poverty, but to the neceflity of deriving a better... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 pages
...if not unjuft, and is wholly contrary to the maxims of a commercial nation, which always fup» pofe and promote a rotation of property, and offer every...diligence. Thofe who communicate literature to the fon of a poor man, confider him as one not born to poverty, but to the neceffity of deriving a better... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 pages
...cruel, if not unjuft, and is wholly contrary to the maxims of a commercial nation, which always fuppofe and promote a rotation of property, and offer every...diligence. Thofe who communicate literature to the fon of a poor man, confkler him as one not born to poverty, but to the neceffity of deriving a better... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 pages
...cruel, if not unjust, and is wholly contrary to the maxims of a commercial nation, which always suppose and promote a rotation of property, and offer every...chance of mending his condition by his diligence. Those who communicate literature to the son of a poor man, consider him as one not born to poverty,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...cruel, if not unjust, and is wholly contrary to the maxims of a commercial nation, which always suppose and promote a rotation of property, and offer every...chance of mending his condition by his diligence. Those who communicate literature to the son of a poor man, consider him as one not born to poverty,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 424 pages
...cruel, if not unjust, and is wholly contrary to the maxims of a commercial nation, which always suppose and promote a rotation of property, and offer every...chance of mending his condition by his diligence? Those who communicate literature to the son of a poor man, consider him as one not born to poverty,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...cruel, if not unjust, and is wholly contrary to the maxims of a commercial nation, which always suppose and promote a rotation of property, and offer every...chance of mending his condition by his diligence. Those who communicate literature to the son of a poor man, consider him as one not born to poverty,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 388 pages
...cruel, if not unjust, and is wholly contrary to the maxims of a commercial nation, which always suppose and promote a rotation of property, and offer every...chance of mending his condition by his diligence. Those who communicate literature to the son of a poor man, consider him as one not born to poverty,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 424 pages
...cruel, if not unjust, and is wholly contrary to the maxims of a commercial nation, which always suppose and promote a rotation of property, and offer every...chance of mending his condition by his diligence. Those who communicate literature to the son of a poor man, consider him as one not born to poverty,... | |
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