 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
...of much ufe to direct our practice, unlefs it be determined who arc thofe that are lorn to poverty. To entail irreverfible poverty upon generation after...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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