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... advantage of ig norance . 10. Thus he that carries one thousand bushels of wheat abroad to sell , may not probably obtain so great profit thereon , as if he had first turned the wheat into manufactures , by subsisting therewith the ...
... advantage of ig norance . 10. Thus he that carries one thousand bushels of wheat abroad to sell , may not probably obtain so great profit thereon , as if he had first turned the wheat into manufactures , by subsisting therewith the ...
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... advantage , but insisted that the sell- er , in the advanced price he demanded on that ac- count , rated the advantage much above its value : and neither of them seemed to think dealing with smugglers a practice that an honest man ...
... advantage , but insisted that the sell- er , in the advanced price he demanded on that ac- count , rated the advantage much above its value : and neither of them seemed to think dealing with smugglers a practice that an honest man ...
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... advantage of their own wool , in the way of manufacture , we command , that none shall be carried out of one country into another ; nor shall any worsted , bay , or woollen - yarn , cloth , says , baize , kerseys , serges , frizes ...
... advantage of their own wool , in the way of manufacture , we command , that none shall be carried out of one country into another ; nor shall any worsted , bay , or woollen - yarn , cloth , says , baize , kerseys , serges , frizes ...
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On the criminal laws and the practice of privateering | 51 |
A dialogue between Great Britain France Spain | 107 |
The internal state of America being a true descrip | 121 |
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