| William Layman - Slavery - 1807 - 106 pages
...* Dr. Adam Smith says—" The experience of all ages and nations demonstrates that the work done hy slaves, though it appears to cost only their maintenance, is in the end the dearest of any. A person who can acquire no property, can have no other interest but to eat as mr ' a, and labour as... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1814 - 786 pages
...of Political Economy in our own times, that " the experience of all ages and nations demonstrates, that the work done by Slaves, though it appears to...their maintenance, is in the end the dearest of any. A person who can acquire no property, can have no other interest but to eat as much, and labour as... | |
| Samuel Bailey - Economics - 1823 - 424 pages
...villains with that of freemen, says, " the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, demonstrates, that the work done by slaves, though it appears to...their maintenance, is in the end the dearest of any. A person, who can acquire no property, can have no other interest but to eat as much, and to labour... | |
| 1827 - 624 pages
...it." After observing (book iii. chap. -2), " The experience of all ag«8, I believe, demonstrates, that the work done by slaves, though it appears to cost only his maintenance, is, in the end, the dearest of any ; " he says, " the pride of man makes him love... | |
| Classical philology - 1829 - 478 pages
...the same judicious author tells us, " the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, demonstrates that the work done by slaves, though it appears to...their maintenance, is in the end the dearest of any." A person who can acquire no property, can have no other interest but to eat as much and to labor as... | |
| Classical philology - 1829 - 398 pages
...the same judicious author tells us, "the experience of all ages and nations, I believe, demonstrates that the work done by slaves, though it appears to...only their maintenance, is in the end the dearest of anv." A person who can acquire no properly, can have no other interest but to eat as much and to labor... | |
| Daniel Bishop - Christian sociology - 1835 - 748 pages
...(Pedestrian Journey). 14. The experience of all nations and ages, I believe, says Adam Smith, demonstrates that the work done by slaves, though it appears to...their maintenance, is, in the end, the dearest of any. A person who can acquire no property can have no other interest but to eat as much, and to labour as... | |
| Adam Smith - 1836 - 538 pages
...they employ slaves for their workmen. The experience of all ages and nations, I believe, demonstrates that the work done by slaves, though it appears to...their maintenance, is in the end the dearest of any. A person who can acquire no property, can have no other interest but to eat as much, and to labour... | |
| Slavery - 1843 - 404 pages
...they employ slaves for their workmen. The experience of all ages and nations, I believe, demonstrates that the work done by slaves, though it appears to...their maintenance, is in the end the dearest of any. A person who can acquire no property, can have no interest but to eat as much, and to labor as little... | |
| Calvin Colton - Economics - 1848 - 556 pages
...The experience of all ages and nations, I believe, demonstrates that work done by slaves, though h appears to cost only their maintenance, is in the end the dearest of any." — •" The planting of sugar and tobacco £tl»at of cotton in America was not then known] can afford... | |
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