Aristocracy, considered in its relations with the progress of civilization. From the Fr., with notes by the translator |
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... noble families . Thence arose the law of primogeni- ture , which prevents the dispersion of the estates of each of them ; thence came entails , trusts , and lineal destinations , which ensure to these families the irre- vocable ...
... noble families . Thence arose the law of primogeni- ture , which prevents the dispersion of the estates of each of them ; thence came entails , trusts , and lineal destinations , which ensure to these families the irre- vocable ...
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... noble efforts of application or intelligence , —they have so vividly painted the order of impressions which conduct a being , fatigued with rational pleasures , to seek for new emotions in the disorder of vice or the turmoil of vanity ...
... noble efforts of application or intelligence , —they have so vividly painted the order of impressions which conduct a being , fatigued with rational pleasures , to seek for new emotions in the disorder of vice or the turmoil of vanity ...
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... noble- man looks with disdain on the citizen who owes his wealth , not to a doubtful genealogy , but to his capacity and industry . This disdain makes a deep impression on the simple citizen , who , in place of augmenting his capital by ...
... noble- man looks with disdain on the citizen who owes his wealth , not to a doubtful genealogy , but to his capacity and industry . This disdain makes a deep impression on the simple citizen , who , in place of augmenting his capital by ...
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... noble families . This question has already been treated by a great writer . " All the aristocracies , " says Sismondi , " that have maintained themselves in the world , in Greece , Rome , Florence , Venice , and in the Italian republics ...
... noble families . This question has already been treated by a great writer . " All the aristocracies , " says Sismondi , " that have maintained themselves in the world , in Greece , Rome , Florence , Venice , and in the Italian republics ...
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... noble families from becoming extinct : it was even a common saying as to them , that a father who has eight children has rarely grandchildren ; but if it at times happened that the younger sons married , they gave birth to new families ...
... noble families from becoming extinct : it was even a common saying as to them , that a father who has eight children has rarely grandchildren ; but if it at times happened that the younger sons married , they gave birth to new families ...
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