 ... no contracts, no successions, no partitions, no occupation but idle ; no respect of kindred, but common, no apparell but naturall, no manuring of lands, no use of wine, corne, or mettle.  English Literature: Manuscripts and Printed Books, 14th to the 18th Centuries - Pàgina 378per Maggs Bros - 1924 - 592 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1900 - 874 pàgines
...it also In the "Cainballes" of Michael, Lord of Montaigne. It is a nation . . . that hath no kinde of trafficke, no knowledge of letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of polltike superioritie; no use of service, of riches, or of povertie; no contracts, no successions,... | |
 | Margaret Hodgen - 1964 - 532 pàgines
...form of negative description, declaring them to form "a nation, — that hathe no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superioritie; no use of service, of riches, or of poverty; no contracts, no successions, no... | |
 | Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu, Melvyn Richter - 1977 - 372 pàgines
...Montaigne, for example, wrote of the Brazilians that they were "a nation, - that hathe no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superiorite; no use of service, or riches, or of poverty; no contracts, no successions, no... | |
 | Bernard Sheehan - 1980 - 276 pàgines
...negative terms the classic characterization of savage life. Native society "hath no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of povertie; no contracts, no successions, no partitions, no occupations but idle; no respect of kindred,... | |
 | Philip Edwards - 2004 - 264 pàgines
...translation (1603), which runs: It is a nation, would I answer Plato, that hath no kinds of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate. . .; no use of service, of riches or of povertie; no contracts, no successions, no partitions, no occupation... | |
 | Tom Sorell - 1993 - 372 pàgines
...Montaigne drew on this tradition in picturing a pure and simple people, who hath no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superioritie; no use of 2 Lucretius, De rerum natura, 5. 922-1455. 1 Horace, Satires, 3. i.... | |
 | Willem Melching, Wyger Velema - 1994 - 288 pàgines
..."natural" society maintained with "little art," a society in which there would be "no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate." But for Hobbes this is simply a recipe for chaos. When he describes "the natural condition of mankind"... | |
 | Samuel R. Delany - 1996 - 396 pàgines
...lands of the American Indians: It is a nation, I would answer Plato, that hath no kind of traffic, no knowledge of letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politic superiority; no use of service, of riches, or of poverty; no contracts, no successions, no partitions,... | |
 | Corinna Ruth - 1996 - 132 pàgines
...untouched by the civilized European, Montaigne describes "A nation... that hath no kinde of traffike, no knowledge of Letters, no intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superioritie; no use of service, of riches or of povertie; no contracts, no successions, no... | |
 | Margery Hourihan - 1997 - 272 pàgines
...praised them because diey lacked the characteristics of civilized society: It is a nation . . . diat hath no kind of trafficke, no knowledge of Letters,...intelligence of numbers, no name of magistrate, nor of politike superioritie; no use of service, of riches or of povertie; no contracts, no successions, no... | |
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