Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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... thought scarce 80,000 have been brought over sea ) and yet 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 ...
... thought scarce 80,000 have been brought over sea ) and yet 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 ...
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... thought this might be in favour of Old England ; and that now we should get a good price for our grain , which would bring millions among us , and make us flow in money that to be sure is scarce enough . t But the wisdom of government ...
... thought this might be in favour of Old England ; and that now we should get a good price for our grain , which would bring millions among us , and make us flow in money that to be sure is scarce enough . t But the wisdom of government ...
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... thought of a remedy for luxury . I am not sure that in a great state it is ca- pable of a remedy , nor that the evil is in itself always so great as it is represented . Suppose we include in the definition of luxury all unnecessary ...
... thought of a remedy for luxury . I am not sure that in a great state it is ca- pable of a remedy , nor that the evil is in itself always so great as it is represented . Suppose we include in the definition of luxury all unnecessary ...
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... many people that would be thought , and even think themselves , honest men , who fail never- theless in particular points of honesty ; deviating from that character sometimes by the prevalence of mode or 38 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... many people that would be thought , and even think themselves , honest men , who fail never- theless in particular points of honesty ; deviating from that character sometimes by the prevalence of mode or 38 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
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... Thoughts on Executive Justice . In return for that , I send you a French one on the same sub- ject , " Observations concernant l'execution de l ' article II de la déclaration sur le vol . " They are both addressed to the judges , but ...
... Thoughts on Executive Justice . In return for that , I send you a French one on the same sub- ject , " Observations concernant l'execution de l ' article II de la déclaration sur le vol . " They are both addressed to the judges , but ...
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