...much importance to it. He agrees entirely with Adam Smith in the following definition of riches : " Every man is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniencies, and amusements of human life."* And adds an observation in which I think he is quite...

...been our author's own opinion, had he kept by it, that it was not confined to material objects. Had Dr. Smith but remembered his own aphorism, that "every...probability never have heard of productive or unproductive labor. Every one must admire the acuteness and talent displayed in this Essay. More than common discernment...

...been our author's own opinion, had he kept by it, that it was not confined to material objects. Had Dr. Smith but remembered his own aphorism, that "every...poor according to the degree in which he can afford i& enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of life ;" and had he, by his usual train of...

...the products of our colonies, &c. &c. Pursuant to Adam Smith's unexceptionable expression, " that a man is rich or " poor according to the degree in which...afford " to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amuse" ments of human life," the English labourer must be pronounced to be a more wealthy or a richer...

...of friendship, but even insult the laws of nature. In fact, if according to Smith's definition, " a man is rich or poor, according to the degree in which...necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of life ", highly increased prices, by diminishing the power of income, and consequently the facility of acquiring...

...from which these conclusions were deduced appeared to be almost self-evident and incontrovertible. " Every man is rich or poor, according to the degree...enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and amusements of human life." •[• And, as it is conceded on all hands, that these necessaries and conveniences,...

...from which these conclusions were deduced appeared to be almost self-evident and incontrovertible. "Every man is rich or poor, according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniencies, and amusements of human life."f And, as it is conceded on all hands, that these necessaries...

...markets for first necessaries, made ruinously high by act of Parliament. " Every man," says Adam Smith, " is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, comforts, and conveniences of human life." To secure these to industry, is the one thing needful to...

...CHAPTER VI. OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WEALTH AND VALUE. IT has been justly stated by Adam Smith that a man is rich or poor according to the degree in which...afford to enjoy the necessaries, conveniences, and luxuries of human life. And it follows from this definition that, if the bounty of nature furnished...

...from which these conclusions were deduced appeared to be almost self-evident and incontrovertible. " Every man is rich or poor, according to the degree in which he can afford lo enjoy the necessaries, conveniencies, and amusements of human life."f And, as it is conceded on...