Of National Characters (1748) [ Concepts ]
… effect; the imitation of superiors spreading the national manners faster among the people. If the governing part of a state consist altogether of merchants, as in Holland, their uniform way of life will fix their character. If it consists … has taught Britain, knowing in the laws. Even Thule entertains thoughts of hiring rhetoricians for its instruction. This state of learning is remarkable; because Juvenal is himself the last of the Roman writers, that possessed any degree of …
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