And whether two companies in Rivalship would destroy that harmony which has long subsisted in Birmingham."
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
As the generality of men will perform no more work than produces a maintenance, reduce that maintenance to half the price, and they will perform but half the work: Hence half the commerce of a nation is destroyed at one blow, and what is lost by one kingdom will be recovered by another, in Rivalship.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
I hope I shall not be thought invidious, or to endeavour to lessen the Veneration, which all, who love polite Learning, owe to the Memory of the Spectator; yet I could not but take notice, how sensible the most Discreet are in Point of Rivalship in Fame.
"An Essay on Criticism"
John Oldmixon