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... revenue , and he generally does so without directly maintaining twenty people , or being able 1 The Wealth of Nations , book 3 , chap . iv . CH . I. ADVANCE OF COMMERCE AND FREEDOM . • 12 CH . L. CONDITIONS OF SOCIAL WELL - BEING .
... revenue , and he generally does so without directly maintaining twenty people , or being able 1 The Wealth of Nations , book 3 , chap . iv . CH . I. ADVANCE OF COMMERCE AND FREEDOM . • 12 CH . L. CONDITIONS OF SOCIAL WELL - BEING .
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... able to maintain internal peace . The consequent diminution of municipal strength was great . But the same causes aggrandised the monarchy . The lords were supplanted by the astute policy of the successive monarchs , so that in course ...
... able to maintain internal peace . The consequent diminution of municipal strength was great . But the same causes aggrandised the monarchy . The lords were supplanted by the astute policy of the successive monarchs , so that in course ...
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... able successfully to resist the imposition and aug- mentation of the State taxes . The king's necessities were C alone the law upon the subject ; and as it Feudal rights and duties in France Municipal strength and influence in France ...
... able successfully to resist the imposition and aug- mentation of the State taxes . The king's necessities were C alone the law upon the subject ; and as it Feudal rights and duties in France Municipal strength and influence in France ...
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... able to lead a comfortable and easy life . The French peasantry , upon the other hand , were one and all ground down to the dust by the exorbitant and ruinous pressure of taxation , so that it was scarcely profitable to cultivate the ...
... able to lead a comfortable and easy life . The French peasantry , upon the other hand , were one and all ground down to the dust by the exorbitant and ruinous pressure of taxation , so that it was scarcely profitable to cultivate the ...
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... able , and upright men . The army was permeated to a large extent by the spirit of rebellion . At the present time Russia is full of discon- tent , and tracts relating stories descriptive of the miserable condition of the country are ...
... able , and upright men . The army was permeated to a large extent by the spirit of rebellion . At the present time Russia is full of discon- tent , and tracts relating stories descriptive of the miserable condition of the country are ...
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