 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 514 pages
...of the presbyterian clergy of Holland, Geneva, Switzerland, and Scotland. Where the church benefices are all nearly equal, none of them can be very great...however, some very agreeable effects. Nothing but exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune. The vices of levity and vanity necessarily... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 520 pages
...though it may no doubt be carried too far, has, however, some very agreeable effects. Nothing' but exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small...render him ridiculous, and are, besides, almost as niinous to him as they are to the common people. In his own conduct, therefore, he is obliged to follow... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1819 - 518 pages
...of the presbyterian clergy of Holland, Geneva, Switzerland, and Scotland. Where the church benefices are all nearly equal none of them can be very great ; and this mediocrity of benefice, though it may be no doubt carried too far, has, however, some very agreeable effects. Nothing but exemplary morals... | |
 | 1821 - 746 pages
...lived, — the immortal author of the Wealth of Nations.—" Where the church benefices," he says, " are all nearly equal, none of them can be very great,...of small fortune.— The vices of levity and vanity tiecessarily render him ridiculous, and are, besides, almost as ruinous to him as they are to the common... | |
 | Joseph Angus - Church and state - 1839 - 286 pages
...The influence of small revenues is thus stated by the same writer:— " Where the church benefices are all nearly equal, none of them can be very great;...however, some very agreeable effects. Nothing but exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune. The vices of levity and vanity necessarily... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - France - 1861 - 646 pages
...wages, to take them with humble thankfulness, and with a feeling of w " Where the church benefices are all nearly equal, none of them can be very great;...however, some very agreeable effects. Nothing but exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune. The vices of levity and vanity necessarily... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1861 - 606 pages
...Jahrhunderts allmählig erschüttert; aber es war dem 18. Jahrhundert 69) „Where the church benefices are all nearly equal, none of them can be very great;...however, some very agreeable effects. Nothing but exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortunc. The vices of levity and vanity necessarily... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1861 - 648 pages
...though it may, no doufc. be carried too far, has, however, some very agreeable effects. Kothiiig l;; exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune. The vi«si! levity and vanity necessarily render him ridiculous, and are, besides, aim :i! as ruinous to... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - France - 1864 - 646 pages
...wages, to take them with humble thankfulness, and with a feeling of 69 " Where the church benefices are all nearly equal, none of them can be very great ; and this mediocrity of beuefice, though it may, no doubt, be carried too far, has, however, some very agreeable effects. Nothing... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - France - 1864 - 660 pages
...though it may. no doutt. be carried too far, has, however, some very agreeable effects. Nothing I«.: exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune. The vices . •' levity and vanity necessarily render him ridiculous, and are, besides, almi^t as ruiuoua to... | |
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Where the Church benefices are all nearly equal, none of them can be very great, and this mediocrity of benefice, though it may no doubt be carried too far, has, however, some very agreeable effects. Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity... 
