Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... perhaps we may here reckon two ; and if in Europe they have but four births to a marriage , ( many of their mar- riages being late ) , we may here reckon eight , of which , if one half grow up , ( and our marriages are made , reckoning ...
... perhaps we may here reckon two ; and if in Europe they have but four births to a marriage , ( many of their mar- riages being late ) , we may here reckon eight , of which , if one half grow up , ( and our marriages are made , reckoning ...
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... perhaps there is not one the fewer in Britain , but rather many more , on account of the employment the colonies afford to manufacturers at home . This million doubling , suppose but once in twenty five years , will , in another century ...
... perhaps there is not one the fewer in Britain , but rather many more , on account of the employment the colonies afford to manufacturers at home . This million doubling , suppose but once in twenty five years , will , in another century ...
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... Perhaps such a regulation is scarcely practicable with us . POSITIONS TO BE EXAMINED CONCERNING NA- TIONAL WEALTH . 1. ALL food or subsistence for mankind arise from the earth or waters . 2. Necessaries of life , that are not foods ...
... Perhaps such a regulation is scarcely practicable with us . POSITIONS TO BE EXAMINED CONCERNING NA- TIONAL WEALTH . 1. ALL food or subsistence for mankind arise from the earth or waters . 2. Necessaries of life , that are not foods ...
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... perhaps get thirty shillings for that which cost him but twenty . 12. Finally , there seem to be but three ways for a nation to a quire wealth . The first is by war , as the Romans did , in plundering their conquered neigh- bours this ...
... perhaps get thirty shillings for that which cost him but twenty . 12. Finally , there seem to be but three ways for a nation to a quire wealth . The first is by war , as the Romans did , in plundering their conquered neigh- bours this ...
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... perhaps it is not always an evil to the public . A shilling , spent idly by a fool , may be pick- up by a wiser person , who knows better what to old fa oned the please rcapt daugh uch a ch 34 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... perhaps it is not always an evil to the public . A shilling , spent idly by a fool , may be pick- up by a wiser person , who knows better what to old fa oned the please rcapt daugh uch a ch 34 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
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