 | English literature - 1792 - 684 pages
...people generally would be happier, or even richer. It not the hope of one day being able to purchaCe and enjoy luxuries, a great fpur to labour and induftry...indolent ? To this purpofe I remember a circumftance. The (kipper of a fhallop employed between Cape May and Philadelphia had done us Come fmall fervicCi for... | |
 | English literature - 1792 - 546 pages
...créât Григ to labour and indultry ? May not luxury therefore produce more than it confuir.es, if without fuch a fpur people would be, as they are...indolent ? To this purpofe I remember a circumftance. The ikipper of a IhalU'p tmployed between Саре- Мяу and Philadelphia h.id «lone us fome fmall fcrvice,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 282 pages
...to purchafe1 and enjoy luxuries, a great fpur to labour and induftry ? May not luxury K 3 therefore therefore produce more than it confumes, if, without...inclined to be, lazy and indolent? To. this purpofe 1 remember a circumftance. The fkipper of a (hallop, employed between Cape-May and Philadelphia, had... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Essays - 1794 - 348 pages
...more than itconfumes, if, without fuch afpur, people would be, as they are naturally enough intiwed to be, lazy and indolent ? To this purpofe I remember a circumftance. The fkipper of a fhalIop, employed between Cape-May and Philadelphia, had done us fome fmall Cervices, for which he... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1794 - 512 pages
...labour and induftry ? May not luxury, therefore, produce more than it confumes, if, without fuch a Ipur, people would be, as they are naturally enough inclined...indolent ? To this purpofe I remember a circumftance. The fkipjier of a (hallop, employed between Cape-May and Philadelphia, had done us fome fmall fervice,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 310 pages
...labour and industry ? May not luxury therefore, produce more than it consumes, if, without such a spur, people would be, as they are naturally enough inclined to be, lazy and indolent I To this purpose I remember a circumstance. The skipper of a shallop, employed between Cape-May and... | |
 | Manual - Essays - 1809 - 324 pages
...labour and industry? May not luxury^ therefore, produce more than it consuir.es, if without such a spur, people would be, as they are naturally enough inclined to be, lazy and indolent. To this purpose I remember a circumstance. The skipper of a sloop, employed between VOL. II. X Cape May and... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1811 - 190 pages
...labour and industry ? May not luxury therefore, produce more than it consumes, if, without such a spur, people would be, as they are naturally enough inclined to be, lazy and indolent ? To this purpose I remember a circumstance. The skipper of a shallop, employed between Cape-May and Philadelphia,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - American essays - 1811 - 196 pages
...labour and industry ? May not luxury therefore, produce more than it consumes, if, withou^ such a spur, people would be, as they are naturally enough inclined to be, lazy and indolent ? To this purpose I remember a circumstance. The skipper of a shallop, employed between Cape.May and Philadelphia,... | |
 | Wakefield, Edward - Ireland - 1812 - 810 pages
...spur to industry? May not luxury, therefore, produce more than it consumes ; if without such a spur, people would be, as they are naturally enough inclined to be, lazy and indolent ? To this purpose, I remember a circumstance : the skipper of a shallop, employed between Cape May and Philadelphia,... | |
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Is not the hope of being one day able to purchase and enjoy luxuries a great spur to labor and industry? May not luxury, therefore, produce more than it consumes, if without such a spur people would be, as they are naturally enough inclined to be, lazy... 
