They look upon fraud as a greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death ; for they allege, that care and vigilance, with a very common understanding, may preserve a man's goods from thieves, but honesty has no fence against... Swiftiana ... - Página 174editado por - 1804Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 406 páginas
...understanding, may preserve a man's goods from thieves, but honesty has no fence against superiour cunning ; and since it is necessary that there should...and dealing upon credit ; where fraud is permitted and connived at, or has no law to punish it, „ the honest dealer is always undone, and the knave... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 392 páginas
...greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death ; for they allege, 'that care and vigilance, with a very common understanding,...goods from thieves, but honesty has no fence against superiour cunning; and since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual intercourse of buying... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 524 páginas
...greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death; for they allege, that care and vigilance, with a very common understanding,...necessary that there should be a perpetual intercourse of baying and selling, and dealing upon credit; where fraud is permitted and connived at, or has no law... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1808 - 178 páginas
...tirewoman, with great care and diligence, I employed no less in examining the box which contained them. , Since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual...buying and selling, and dealing upon .credit, where fiaud is permitted or connived at, or has no law to punish it, the ho.iest d.:£(ler is often undone,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1808 - 542 páginas
...and ribands, brought by her tirewoman, I employed no less in examining the box which contained them. Since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual...intercourse of buying and selling, and dealing upon credit, the honest dealer, where fraud is permitted or connived at, or has no law to punish it, is often undone,... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 páginas
...greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death ; for they allege, that care and vigilance, with a very common understanding,...and dealing upon credit, where fraud is permitted and connived at, or has no law to punish it, the honest dealer is always undone, and the knave gets... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 512 páginas
...greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death ; for they allege, that care and vigilance, with a very common understanding,...and dealing upon credit, where fraud is permitted and connived at, or has no law to punish it, the honest dealer is always undone, and the knave gets... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1815 - 596 páginas
...greater crime than theft, and therefore seldom fail to punish it with death ; for they allege that care and vigilance with a very common understanding...and dealing upon credit ; where fraud is permitted and connived at, or hath no law to punish it, the honest dealer is always undone, and the knave gets... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 páginas
...always undone, and -the knave gets the advantage. Gulliver's Travelt, Par: I. Chap, vi . Better thus : And since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual...intercourse of buying and selling, and dealing upon credit, the honest dealer, where fraud is permitted or connived at, or hath no law to punish it, is always... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1816 - 186 páginas
...and ribands, brought by her tirewoman, I employed no less iu examining the box which contained them. Since it is necessary that there should be a perpetual...intercourse of buying and selling, and dealing upon credit, the honest dealer, where fraud is permitted or connived at, or has no law to punish it, is often undone,... | |
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