 | David Hume - Essays - 1760 - 396 pages
...Of MONEY. MO NEY is not, properly fpeaking, one of the fubjefts of commerce; but only the inflrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange...which renders the motion of the wheels more fmooth and ea<y. If we confider any one kingdom by itfelf, 'tis evident, that the greater or lefs plenty of money... | |
 | David Hume - 1768 - 606 pages
...MONEY. MO NEY is not, properly fpeaking, one of the fubje£ts of commerce ; but only the inftrument which men have ' agreed upon to facilitate the exchange...by itfelf, 'tis evident, that the greater or lefs plenty of money is of no confequence; fmce the prices of commodities are always proportioned to the... | |
 | Europe - 1775 - 408 pages
...during his whole life*. MONEY is not properly one of the fubjects of commerce, but only the inftrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : it is the oil which-renders the motion of the wheels more fmooth... | |
 | English literature - 1762 - 762 pages
...on\j to obferve their literary excellencies or of the fubjects of" commerce ; but on ly the inflrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : it is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more fmooth... | |
 | David Hume - Philosophy - 1809 - 868 pages
...OF MONEY. MONEY is not, properly speaking, one of the subject* of commerce ; but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : It is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth... | |
 | Charles Ganilh - Economics - 1812 - 520 pages
...Money," says Hume, " is not, properly speaking, one of the subjects of commerce ; but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is not one of the wheels of trade ; it is the oil which * In England, by Locke ; in France, by DtUol... | |
 | ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. - 1814 - 548 pages
...says Mr Hume, ' is not, properly speaking, one of the subjects of commerce ; but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another.' And he adds, ' It is none of the wheels of trade; it is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels... | |
 | English literature - 1825 - 798 pages
...(says David Hume) is not, properly speaking, one of the subjects of commerce, but only the instrument which men have agreed -upon to facilitate the exchange of •one commodity for another*." So says one great man, as to money in general : another one (Adam Smith) gives us, in his Wealth of... | |
 | England - 1824 - 770 pages
...observes, money is not, properly speaking, one of the objects of commerce, but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is not one of the wheels of trade ; it is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth... | |
 | Scotland - 1824 - 822 pages
...observes, money is not, properly speaking, one of the objects of commerce, but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is not one of the wheels of trade ; it is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth... | |
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MONEY is not, properly speaking, one of the subjects of commerce ; but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. 
