 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1789 - 550 pages
...labour ; and that of the nobleft and moft ufeful, produces nothing which could afterwards purchafe or procure an equal quantity of labour. Like the declamation...actor, the harangue of the orator, or the tune of the mufician, the work of all of them perifhes in the very inftant of its production'. THE NATURE AND CAUSES... | |
 | Adam Smith - English literature - 1811 - 550 pages
...labour ; and that of the nobleft and moft ufeful, produces nothing 'which could afterwards purchafe or procure an equal quantity of labour. Like the declamation...actor, the harangue of the orator, or the tune of the mufician, tha work of all of them perifhes in the very inftant of its produclion. B 2 Both BOOK Both... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 544 pages
...that of the nobleft and moft ufeful, produces nothing which could afterwards purchafe or procure au equal quantity of labour. Like the declamation of...actor, the harangue of the orator, or the tune of the mufician, the work of all of them perifhes in the very inftant of its production. is 2 Both BOOK Both... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 532 pages
...other sort of labour ; and that of the noblest and most useful, produces nothing which could afterwards purchase or procure an equal quantity of labour. Like the declamation of theactor, theharangucof the orator, or the tune of the musician, the work of all of them perishes in... | |
 | John Craig - Political science - 1814 - 408 pages
...sort of labour; and " that of the noblest and most useful produces " nothing which could afterwards purchase or " procure an equal quantity of labour....perishes in the very instant of its '•' production." * This distinction, if understood, as is intended by Dr Smith, to subsist between the several kinds... | |
 | English literature - 1814 - 698 pages
...every other sort of labour ; and that of the noblest and most useful produce's '•nothing which could purchase or procure an equal quantity of labour. Like...of the musician, the work of all of them perishes at the very instant of its production.'' No position in the " \A ealth of Natiqns," has provoked sp... | |
 | Simon Gray - Economics - 1817 - 366 pages
...sort of labour ; and that of, the noblest and most useful, produces nothing which could afterwards purchase or procure an equal quantity of labour. Like...them perishes in the very instant of its production." This is utterly false in statistics. .Though the work, or thing charged for, ceases .itself to exist,... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1819 - 532 pages
...other sort of labour ; and that of the noblest and most useful ^produces nothing which could afterwards purchase or procure an equal quantity of labour. Like the declamation of the actor, the harrangue of the orator, or the tune of the musician, the work of all of them perishes in the very... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Economics - 1825 - 446 pages
...other sort of labour ; and that of the noblest and most useful produces nothing which could afterwards purchase or procure an equal quantity of labour. Like...them perishes in the very instant of its production." * These statements are plausible ; still, however, it is not difficult to show the fallacy of the distinction... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1827 - 674 pages
...useful, produces nothing which could afterwards purchase or procure an equal quantity of labour. Iiike the declamation of the a-ctor, the harangue of the...perishes in the very instant of its production."* From this statement, we think it must appear evident, that the sole reason why Adam Smith ascribed... | |
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Like the declamation of the actor, the harangue of the orator, or the tune of the musician, the work of all of them perishes in the very instant of its production. 
