Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... carried on to much greater extent with people who have the arts and conveniences of life , than it can be with naked savages . We may therefore hope , in this undertaking , to be of some service to our coun- try , as well as to those ...
... carried on to much greater extent with people who have the arts and conveniences of life , than it can be with naked savages . We may therefore hope , in this undertaking , to be of some service to our coun- try , as well as to those ...
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... carried to distant markets than before such conversion . 8. Fair commerce is , where equal values are ex- changed for equal , the expense of transport includ- ed . Thus , if it costs A in England as much labour and charge to raise a ...
... carried to distant markets than before such conversion . 8. Fair commerce is , where equal values are ex- changed for equal , the expense of transport includ- ed . Thus , if it costs A in England as much labour and charge to raise a ...
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... provisions may be more easily carried to a foreign market , and by their means our traders may more easily Cheat strangers . Few , where it is not made , are judges of the value of lace . The importer may 20 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... provisions may be more easily carried to a foreign market , and by their means our traders may more easily Cheat strangers . Few , where it is not made , are judges of the value of lace . The importer may 20 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
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... chickens , ready roasted , cry , Come eat me . I say , when you are sure you have got a good principle , stick to it , and carry it through . I hear it is said , that though it was necessary and COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 23.
... chickens , ready roasted , cry , Come eat me . I say , when you are sure you have got a good principle , stick to it , and carry it through . I hear it is said , that though it was necessary and COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 23.
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... carrying su- perfluities , be subsisted by raising necessaries ? I think they might . The world is large , and a great part of it still uncultivated . Many hundred millions of acres in Asia , Africa , and America , are still in a forest ...
... carrying su- perfluities , be subsisted by raising necessaries ? I think they might . The world is large , and a great part of it still uncultivated . Many hundred millions of acres in Asia , Africa , and America , are still in a forest ...
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