The Works of Sir William Temple Bart,: Complete in Four Volumes Octavo. : To which is Prefixed, The Life and Character of the Author, Volum 1J. Clarke, T. Wotton, D. Brown, H. Lintot ... [and 13 others], 1757 |
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Pàgina 160 - ... the fantastic calculation of riches and poverty that is current in the world, by which a man, that wants a million, is a Prince ; he, that wants but a groat, is a beggar ; and this was a poor man, that wanted nothing at all.
Pàgina 183 - Nor has Holland grown rich by any native commodities, but by force of industry ; by improvement and manufacture of all foreign growths ; by being the general magazine of Europe, and furnishing all parts with whatever the market wants or invites ; and by their seamen being, as they have properly been called, the common carriers of the world.
Pàgina 40 - Among the various accidents of Life, lifting up his eyes to Heaven, when the earth affords him no relief; and having...
Pàgina 201 - ... by the various course of events in the world, some of these came to grow rich and powerful by industry and parsimony; and some of the others, poor by war and by luxury: which made the traders begin to take upon them, and carry it like Gentlemen ; and the Gentlemen begin to take a fancy of falling to trade.
Pàgina 119 - In this City of Amsterdam is the famous Bank, which is the greatest Treasure, either real or imaginary, that is known any where in the World. The Place of it is a great Vault under the Stadthouse, made strong with all the Circumstances of Doors and Locks, and other appearing Cautions of Safety, that can be...
Pàgina 182 - Yet they have no Native Commodities towards the Building or Rigging of the smallest Vessel; Their Flax, Hemp, Pitch, Wood, and Iron, coming all from abroad, as Wool does for cloathing their Men, and Corn for feeding them.
Pàgina 177 - Since this establishment, as well as before, the great care of this State has ever been, to favour no particular or curious inquisition into the faith or religious principles of any peaceable man, who came to live under the protection of their laws, and to suffer no violence or oppression upon any man's conscience, whose opinions broke not out into expressions or actions of ill consequence to the State. A free form...
Pàgina 306 - The chief pleasure I had in my journey was, to observe the strange freedom that all men took in boats and inns, and all other common places, of talking openly whatever they thought upon all the public affairs, both of their own State, and their neighbours...
Pàgina 484 - Poor Sir John Denham is fallen to the ladies also. He is at many of the meetings at dinners, talks more than ever he did, and is extremely pleased with those that seem willing to hear him, and, from that obligation, exceedingly praises the Duchess of Monmouth and my Lady Cavendish. If he had not the name of being mad, I believe, in most companies, he would be thought wittier than ever he was. He seems to have few extravagancies besides that of telling stories of himself, which he is always inclined...
Pàgina 178 - Spanish government, which was then the great patron of it in the world : yet, such was the care of this State to give all men ease in this point, who ask no more than to serve God, and save their own souls, in their own way and forms ; that what was not provided for, by the constitutions of their government...