Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... reason thus : The rich do not work for one another ; their habitations , furniture , clothing , carriages , food , ornaments , and every thing , in short , that they or their families use and consume , is the work or produce of the ...
... reason thus : The rich do not work for one another ; their habitations , furniture , clothing , carriages , food , ornaments , and every thing , in short , that they or their families use and consume , is the work or produce of the ...
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... reason to be ashamed of . At a time when the load of our public debt , and the heavy expense of maintaining our fleets and ar- mies to be ready for our defence on occasion , makes it necessary , not only to continue old taxes , but oft ...
... reason to be ashamed of . At a time when the load of our public debt , and the heavy expense of maintaining our fleets and ar- mies to be ready for our defence on occasion , makes it necessary , not only to continue old taxes , but oft ...
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... reason . 3. Merchants and traders in unarmed ships , who accommodate different nations by communicating and exchanging the necessaries and conveniences of life . 4. Artists and mechanics , inhabiting and working in open towns . It is ...
... reason . 3. Merchants and traders in unarmed ships , who accommodate different nations by communicating and exchanging the necessaries and conveniences of life . 4. Artists and mechanics , inhabiting and working in open towns . It is ...
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... reason for all the penal statutes which they are call- ed upon to put in execution . It at once illus- trates , " says he , " the true grounds and reasons of all capital punishments whatsoever ; namely , that every man's property , as ...
... reason for all the penal statutes which they are call- ed upon to put in execution . It at once illus- trates , " says he , " the true grounds and reasons of all capital punishments whatsoever ; namely , that every man's property , as ...
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... reason and persuasion : but if public business can be carried on without thwarting those opinions , if they can be , on the con- trary , made subservient to it ; they are not unneces- sarily to be thwarted , how absurd such popular opi ...
... reason and persuasion : but if public business can be carried on without thwarting those opinions , if they can be , on the con- trary , made subservient to it ; they are not unneces- sarily to be thwarted , how absurd such popular opi ...
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