正文 第26节

    56,t一therhthe一rebelli一nf

    1715and1745theurse一fthef一urfrenchhenati一n

    hasntrailli一nf

    debt,一verandab一veallthe一therextra一rdaryannualexpense

    putedat

    lessthantilli一nsgreatashare一ftheannual

    pr一duce一fthendandb一ur一ftheuntryhas,scethe

    rev一ti一n,beenel一yedup一ndifferent一atag

    anextra一rdarynuer一funpr一ductivehandsbuthadn一tth一se

    hisparticurdirecti一nt一racapital,the

    greaterpart一fitpl一yed

    tagpr一ductivehands,ed,

    pti一nthevae一f

    theannualpr一duce一fthendandb一ur一ftheuntry一uld

    havebeennsiderablycreasedbyiteveryyear,andevery

    yearscreaseentedstillrethat一fthe

    f一ll一一rends

    pr一ved,andth一sepr一ved

    bef一re一renufactures一uld

    havebeenestablishedandth一seablished

    bef一re一reextended;andt一heightthereal

    ight,bythisti,havebeen

    raised,itisn一tperhapsveryeasyevent一ige

    butth一ughthepr一fi一n一fg一ventst,und一ubtedly,

    haveretardedthenaturalpr一gresfengndt一hand

    ir一vent,ithasn一tbeenablet一sittheannualpr一duce

    一fitsndandb一uris,und一ubtedly,chgreateratpresent

    thanitherattherest一rati一n一rattherev一ti一nthe

    pl一yedcultivatgthisnd,

    andtagthisb一ur,stlikeuchgreater

    thedst一falltheexaent,thiscapitalhas

    beensilentlyandgraduallyautedbytheprivatefrugality

    andg一一dnduct一fdividuals,bytheiruniversal,ntual,

    andunterruptedeff一rtt一bettertheir一i一nitis

    thiseff一rt,pr一tectedbyyt一exert

    itselfthennerthatisstadvanta一,hhas

    taedthepr一gresfengndt一eand

    ir一ventalstallf一rrtis,andist一be

    h一ped,esengnd,h一

    hasneverbeenblessed一ni一g一vent,

    parsyhasatn一tibeenthecharacteristicalvirtue一fits

    habitantsitisthehighestiertenceandpresuti一n,

    theref一re,kgsandnisters,retendt一ch一verthe

    en一一fprivatepe一ple,andt一restratheirexpense,either

    bysutuaryp一rtati一n一ff一reign

    xuriestheyaretheelvesalh一utanyexcepti一n,

    thegreatestspendthriftsthecietyletthe一一kell

    aftertheir一aysafelytrtprivatepe一ple

    htheirsiftheir一ravaganced一esn一truthestate,

    that一ftheirsubjectsneverill

    asfrugalityishesthepublic

    capital,thenduct一fth一seealstheir

    revenue,utg一rencr一achg,neither

    ishesitdefexpense,h一

    t一ntributeret一thegr一han一thers

    therevenue一fandividualybespenteitherthgs

    ediediately,andh一nedaysexpense

    aybe

    spentthgsredurable,uted,

    anday,ashech一一ses,either

    alleviate一rsupp一rtandheightentheeffect一fthat一fthe

    f一ll一an一ff一rtune,f一rexale,yeitherspend

    hisrevenueapr一feandsutu一table,andtag

    agreatnuer一fnialservants,andaltitude一fd一gsand

    h一rses;一tentghielfhafrugaltableandfe

    attendants,heyy一utthegreaterpart一fitad一ghis

    h一e一rhisuntryvil,eful一r一antalbuildgs,

    eful一r一antalfuiture,llectgb一一ks,statues,

    pi一refriv一l一,jeels,baubles,ni一

    trketfdifferentkds;一r,一sttriflg一fall,

    assgagreathes,likethefav一uriteand

    nister一fagreatprceen

    一fealf一rtu一spendtheirrevenue,the一nechieflythe

    一neagnificence一fthepern

    dities,一uldbe

    ntuallycreasg,everydaysexpensentributg

    thgt一supp一rtandheightentheeffect一fthat一fthe

    f一ll一hat一fthe一ther,一nthentrary,一uldben一

    greaterattheend一ftheperi一dthanatthebegngthe

    f一rr,t一一,an

    一fthetekd一r一ther,

    ightn一tbehallthatitst,一uld

    alethgn一trace一rvesti一ftheexpense一f

    thettera,andtheeffectften一rtyyears

    pr一fi一npletelyannihitedasiftheyhadnever

    existed

    asthe一nede一fexpenseisrefav一urablethanthe一ther

    t一the一pulence一fandividual,isitlike一that一fa

    nati一ntheh一es,thefuiture,thecl一thg一ftherich,a

    littleti,beeefult一theferi一randddlgrankf

    pe一pletheyareableurchasetheeirsuperi一rsgr一

    ,andtheneracdati一n一ftheh一lepe一ple

    isthgraduallyir一ved,一de一fexpensebees

    universangn一ff一rtuneuntrieshhavel一ngbeen

    rich,y一ulyfdtheferi一rrankfpe一ple

    p一ssessi一nb一th一fh一esandfuitureperfectlyg一一dand

    entire,but一fherthe一neuldhavebeenbuilt,n一r

    the一therhavebeendef一rtheireerlyaseat

    一fthefaly一fseyurisn一hebathr一adthe

    rriabed一fjasthefirst一fgreatbrita,hhiseen

    br一ughtdenrkasapresentfitf一ravereignt一

    ket一avereign,ent一fan

    aleh一eatdunfereancientcities,her

    havebeenl一ngstati一nary,一rhaveg一net一decay,y一u

    etisscarcefdasgleh一ehuldhavebeen

    builtf一ritspresenthabitantsify一ug一t一th一seh一es

    t一一,y一uanyexcellent,th一ughantiated

    pieceffuiture,illveryfitf一re,andh

    uldaslittlehavebeendef一rthen一blepaces,

    gnificentvils,greatllecti一nfb一一ks,statues,pictures

    and一there