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Page 104
... subsistence falls upon my sister and myself . If any indisposition should attack my sister and I mention it in confidence upon this occasion , that she is subject to the gout , the rheumatism , and cramp , without making mention of ...
... subsistence falls upon my sister and myself . If any indisposition should attack my sister and I mention it in confidence upon this occasion , that she is subject to the gout , the rheumatism , and cramp , without making mention of ...
Page 143
... subsistence to thousands of families , and become an immense article of commerce . The bee , too , yields us its delicious honey , and its wax , use- ful to a multitude of purposes . Another insect , it is said , produces the cochineal ...
... subsistence to thousands of families , and become an immense article of commerce . The bee , too , yields us its delicious honey , and its wax , use- ful to a multitude of purposes . Another insect , it is said , produces the cochineal ...
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... subsistence of the natives , discourages their mar- riages , and so gradually diminishes them , while the foreigners increase . 2. Loss of territory . Thus the Britons , being driven into Wales , and crowded toge- ther in a barren ...
... subsistence of the natives , discourages their mar- riages , and so gradually diminishes them , while the foreigners increase . 2. Loss of territory . Thus the Britons , being driven into Wales , and crowded toge- ther in a barren ...
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... subsistence . 16. Foreign luxuries , and needless manufactures , imported and used in a nation , do , by the same rea- soning , increase the people of the nation that fur- nishes them , and diminish the people of the nation that uses ...
... subsistence . 16. Foreign luxuries , and needless manufactures , imported and used in a nation , do , by the same rea- soning , increase the people of the nation that fur- nishes them , and diminish the people of the nation that uses ...
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... subsistence . 20. If there be a sect , therefore , in our nation , that regard frugality and industry as religious ... subsistence will bear , will be in the end no increase of people , unless the new- comers have more industry and ...
... subsistence . 20. If there be a sect , therefore , in our nation , that regard frugality and industry as religious ... subsistence will bear , will be in the end no increase of people , unless the new- comers have more industry and ...
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