 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 pages
...circle from the humblest to the most elevated. —Lord Brougham (ms-ises). THE EESULTS OF COMMEECE. i. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...historians tell us that no fruit grows originally among us, that our climate of itself, and without the assistance of art, can make no further advances towards... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1880 - 618 pages
...commerce, what a bar ren uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell UB, that no fruit grows originally among us, besides hips...haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other delicacies of thf like nature ; that our climate of itself, and without the assist ances of art, can make no further... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1882 - 428 pages
...brocade petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...without the assistance of art, can make no further advances towards a plum than to a sloe, and carries an apple to no greater a perfection than a crab... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1886 - 568 pages
...brocade petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...and haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other delicacies 6f the like nature ; that our climate of itself, and without the assistances of art, can make no farther... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1888 - 606 pages
...brocade petticoat rises out of the mines of Pern, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...of the benefits and advantages of commerce, what a bar ren uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell us, that no fruit... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 364 pages
...brocade petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...without the assistance of art, can make no further advances towards a plum than to a sloo, and carries an apple to no greater perfection than a crab:... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 256 pages
...petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Iiidostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...delicacies of the like nature ; that our climate of itself, 20 and without the assistance of art, can make no further advances towards a plum than to a sloe, and... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1894 - 358 pages
...brocade petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...without the assistance of art, can make no further advances towards a plum than to a sloe, and carries an apple to no greater perfection than a crab :... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 674 pages
...brocade Petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...besides hips, and haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other delicates of the like nature ; that our climate of itself, and without the assistances of art, can... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 pages
...brocade Petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru, and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan. If we consider our own country in its natural prospect,...besides hips, and haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other delicates of the like nature ; that our climate of itself, and without the assistances of art, can... | |
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If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce, what a barren, uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell us, that no fruit grows originally among us besides... 
