 ... all that toil, all that anxiety, all those mortifications, which must be undergone in the pursuit of it, and, what is of yet more consequence, all that leisure, all that ease, all that careless security, which are forfeited forever by the acquisition.  A View of Nature, in Letters to a Traveller Among the Alps: With Reflections ... - Page 300by Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794Full view - About this book
 | Adam Smith (économiste) - 1761 - 458 pages
...reftraint it impofes, notwithftanding the lofs of liberty with which it is attended, renders greatnefs the object of envy, and compensates, in the opinion of mankind, all that toil, all that anxiety, all thofe mortifi^ cations which muft be undergone in the pur^fuit of it ; and what is of yet more confe^... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1767 - 504 pages
...the lofs of liberty with which it is attended, renders greathefs the object of envy, and compenfates, in the opinion of mankind, all that toil, all that anxiety, all thofe mortifications which muft be undergone in the purfuit of it •, and what is of yet more confequence,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1767 - 498 pages
...lofs of liberty with which it is attended, renders greatnefs the objecT: of envy, and compenfates, in the opinion of mankind, all that toil, all that anxiety, all thofe mortifir cations which muft be undergone in the purifuit of it ; and what is of yet more confequence,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1792 - 510 pages
...the lofs of liberty with which it is attended, renders greatnefs the object of envy, and compenfates, in the opinion of mankind, all that toil, all that anxiety, all thofe mortifications which inuft be undergone in the purfuit of it ; and what is of yet more confequence,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 642 pages
...the lofs of liberty with which it is attended, renders greatnefs the object of envy, and compenfates, in the opinion of mankind, all that toil, all that anxiety, all thofe mortifications which mufl be undergone in the purfuit of it ; and what is of yet more c.onfequence,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1853 - 616 pages
...himself the object of the observation and fellow-feeling of every body about him. It is this, which, notwithstanding the restraint it imposes, notwithstanding the loss of liberty with which it is attended, lenders greatness the object of envy, and compensates, in the opinion of mankind, all that toil, all... | |
 | Nassau William Senior - 1928 - 440 pages
...their situation, than from any private expectations of benefit from their goodwill. It is this, which, notwithstanding the restraint it imposes, notwithstanding...ease, all that careless security, which are forfeited forever by the acquisition. " This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful,... | |
 | Peter Minowitz - 1993 - 376 pages
...I.iii.2.i) The attainment of "greatness" brings "observation and fellow-feeling," which compensate, "in the opinion of mankind," all that toil, all that...all those mortifications, which must be undergone in pursuit of it; and what is of yet more consequence, all that leisure, all that ease, all that careless... | |
 | Tracy C. Davis, Thomas Postlewait - 2003 - 260 pages
...their eyes; it is upon him that their passions seem all to wait with expectation ... It is this, which, notwithstanding the restraint it imposes, notwithstanding...mortifications which must be undergone in the pursuit of it. (Smith 1976: 51) For Smith, this is the "perfect and happy state" personified, and the one which accounts... | |
 | Adam Smith - 2004 - 260 pages
...himself the object of the observation and fellow-feeling of everybody about him. It is this, which, notwithstanding the restraint it imposes, notwithstanding...ease, all that careless security, which are forfeited forever by the acquisition. When we consider the condition of the great, in those delusive colours... | |
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