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Page 8
... carry them about in their pockets , reading them themselves in all company they happen to go into ; taking an advantage of the ill taste of the town , to make themselves fa- mous for a pack of paltry , low nonsense , for which they ...
... carry them about in their pockets , reading them themselves in all company they happen to go into ; taking an advantage of the ill taste of the town , to make themselves fa- mous for a pack of paltry , low nonsense , for which they ...
Page 35
... carrying to the next Spanish port to be coined into pieces of eight ; not to mention the national profit of fitting out and employing such a number of ships and seamen . " Let honest Peter Buckram , who has long , without suc- cess ...
... carrying to the next Spanish port to be coined into pieces of eight ; not to mention the national profit of fitting out and employing such a number of ships and seamen . " Let honest Peter Buckram , who has long , without suc- cess ...
Page 52
... carrying off what he pleased . But how come you to know that the garrisons behave themselves well ? Have you been upon the place ? Have you seen them ? " " Not at all : but I suspect it to be " When , therefore , we are certain of it ...
... carrying off what he pleased . But how come you to know that the garrisons behave themselves well ? Have you been upon the place ? Have you seen them ? " " Not at all : but I suspect it to be " When , therefore , we are certain of it ...
Page 53
... carry a hundred pound weight to under- take to carry a heavier burthen ? " " I would have done good service to my uncle , " said Glaucon , " if he would have taken my advice . " " How , " replied Socrates , " have you not been able ...
... carry a hundred pound weight to under- take to carry a heavier burthen ? " " I would have done good service to my uncle , " said Glaucon , " if he would have taken my advice . " " How , " replied Socrates , " have you not been able ...
Page 59
... carried on without the assistance of numbers ; for by these , the trader computes the value of all sorts of goods that he dealeth in , does his business with ease and certainty , and informs himself how matters stand at any time with ...
... carried on without the assistance of numbers ; for by these , the trader computes the value of all sorts of goods that he dealeth in , does his business with ease and certainty , and informs himself how matters stand at any time with ...
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