His pain, considered in itself, is painful to us, but augments the idea of our own happiness, and gives us pleasure. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
In the other, there is often a scarcity, which necessarily augments their value. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The monopoly, indeed, raises the rate of mercantile profit and thereby augments somewhat the gain of our merchants. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The last form neither augments nor diminishes visible objects; the concave diminishes them, the convex increases them, but both show them blurred and indistinct. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.